I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.'

Animals, children, and the working class comprise the company in which I'll feel most at ease.

And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet.

On respect for the Queen: When I lick a stamp I always do it with my eyes closed.

My life is just a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.

If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies.

If people associate you with the idea of loads of money, they in turn will give some of that money to you.