The performance of buggery is no more inevitable a part of homosexuality than an orange syllabub is an inevitable part of a dinner: some may clamour for it and instantly demand a second helping, some are not interested, some decide they will try it once and then instantly vomit.

It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.

My first words, as I was being born [...] I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one of those.

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.

Wisdom is probably the ability to cope. That's why someone who has to walk seven miles every day to get water for their children can be wiser than someone sitting behind a desk in Wall Street.

Nudity is a deep worry if you have a body like a bin bag full of yoghurt, which I have.

Thank you for your input; I can tell you are struggling towards being interesting.