Growing up, I didn't feel very cool having come from the Midlands.

Manchester has a certain reputation of being cool.

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged with - an intelligent comedy essentially.

I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance.

So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.

When I was a kid the highlight of my week would be doing a fossil hunt at the local quarry... that kind of thing.

Both of us have forged our careers in London, but a lot of my comedy influences come from my family and my childhood.

I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.

We developed 'Sightseers' as a TV idea but didn't get anywhere with it because all the channels said it was too dark originally as an idea for television.

'Sightseers' started off as a character comedy double act.

I think it's very easy to get discouraged early on.

As I fingered my way through the songs, I felt my worries slough away. My music has always been the best remedy for my dark moods. As I sang, even my bruises seemed to pain me less.

And now you'll be telling storiesof my coming backand they won't be false, and they won't be truebut they'll be real

Desperaux, " she said. He saw his name on her lips."I honor you, " whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.

Emphatic and reiterated assertion, especially during childhood, produces in most people a belief so firm as to have a hold even over the unconscious.

Darkness comes in waves...tell me, why invite it to stay?

There is no type of miracle that can't happen at least once in golf.

It is exciting to hear one of your fondest ideas formulated in one fell swoop, better than you could have done yourself.

I learned that once it's over, it's really over, and to not take anything for granted.

Forgiving the people that hurt us most allows us to heal from the wounds they left.

Experience in itself wasn’t enough. The diary was my defense against waking up at the end of my life and realizing I’d missed it.