If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

Parrots have gone a bit quiet since pirates have gone.

It's like the panda, they say that's dying out. But what do they do? When you see them they're just sitting in the jungle eating.

It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.

Pigeons: They've got wings, but they walk a lot.

I've got loads of nieces and nephews.

[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful.

Avocados, it's a food that ain't worth injuring yourself for. If it's a hassle to get into, leave it to the experts.

We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.

People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.

You know, when you're a producer, you're a bit of a lackey. You're just making cups of tea and making sure they've got newspaper, stuff like that.

Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

The beauty of a new day can only be seen through the mental eye of one who understands that everyday is full of limitless opportunities and possibilities.

In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.

Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

I love films for the fact that it is like working under a microscope. It is sort of like a laboratory.

Style is engineering that gives you freedom.

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.

In the end, what you do isn't going to be nearly as interesting or important as who you do it with.

First and foremost, I'm a journalist. My business is the truth. Now, I happen to be other things, too - a pop-culture phenomenon, the most in-demand speaker on the campus lecture circuit, whatever.

You dont have to have an eating disorder to be happy or successful.