The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

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

Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

I think we all have a slightly gay gene inside us, don't we? It might be 0.00001 per cent as mine is, or one per cent as yours is.

Knowing about comedy has helped me with the drama. To see people laugh, it's like there are moments of catharsis in the middle of sadness.

Two fat ladies, 88! Not that you'd find these ladies at a bingo hall, of course... they're altogether a higher class of fat lady.