Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.

Leaders should never, ever try to look cool - that's for dictators

If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.

Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy"Percy... Chiron's collection!

I would call myself a Gnostic. Which means, I'm interested in pursuing and understanding the spiritual nature of things. A Gnostic is somebody seeking knowledge of that aspect of reality.

Our society has very much limited our choices, even regarding the food we think acceptable.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.

They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack.

The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.

If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.

What better way to discover the unknown than to follow your instincts instead of your plans.

Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.