To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.

Once you start looking at the world rationally, it becomes much more exciting.

I have a very vibrant imposter syndrome that goes on throughout most of my life, but nothing more than when someone has to put a hat on me or some kind of sash and go, 'We're giving you this certificate.'

As much as of course that Englishness of always to be embarrassed about any sense of complement, it is nice to know that a lot of the projects that I've worked on that people do feel there has been some effect.

Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

Wherever you are on Earth, there is more life present than in the rest of the known universe.