I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end.

I think you need to have the guts to not use comedy. Often, the people that work in comedy use a joke to avoid contemplation.

I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again.

I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.

It is not true that sex degrades women... if it is any good.

I like the British public. There is something in this country called tall poppy syndrome. You're good but you're not that good, pal, OK? The natural state of our nation is slightly miserable, and probably the healthier for it. In America you don't get a key down the side of your Bentley.

A friend of mine once said he like his women like his parmesan: strong smelling and shaved. I don't agree with that, but I don't like hairy women.