Democracy is even more important for what it prevents than for what it provides.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

Snooker is just chess with balls.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

Inside of every good person there is also something very wild.

Remember, whoever is funny is king.

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.

Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.

There are so many things I could say about you but none of them can describe you fully. You are the beauty I was waiting for. The love of my life of whom I dreamed day and night.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

Vocal arrangements are something I'm working a lot with for the new songs.

TV has a lot of problems, but I think the Internet and social media have a lot more. Under the cover of anonymity people say the most vicious things.

I was always wanting to learn and be one of those actresses who can actually hold a conversation as opposed to standing there looking pretty.

Great comedy calls large matters into question.