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

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'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.

A bambiraptor is a savage baby dear.

He looked different in sleep, beautiful but cold as moonlight.

Sleep is just a good idea. I bow to the god caffeine.

People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.

I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware.

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.

If it is conditional, it is not love

In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents.

We do not want to just define issues; we want to help to create solutions

Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

Everyone sniggered because I was going to do a sandal and toga movie. But I knew exactly how to do it and I know how to make Robin Hood.