A bambiraptor is a savage baby dear.

A foolproof plan for not getting a job - show up for your interview wearing flip flops.

I like pubs too, but it's hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to. I don't want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

The thing I'd really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare's Globe. I'd like to walk along that. Don't worry, I won't get drunk and fall in.

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

I dont drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.

My mother always says when you fight destiny, destiny fights back. Some things, they're just written in the stars. You can try but you can never escape what's meant to be.

The one who travels like a lover searching for a new passion is suddenly blessed with new eyes, new ears, new senses.

Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world.

I don't think anyone likes to see a picture of themselves in a tabloid, besides a couple people who I'm not going to mention. I'm definitely not one of those people.

Something you hear a lot is that feminism dead. But if feminism is dead, why do people try so hard to kill it?

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap.

An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.

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