In comedy, you see yourself as a newcomer and then you realize you've been doing it for 18, 20 years, which is ridiculous.

People said, ‘You must be mad, or on drugs,’ which I found a bit disappointing. What about imagination? It reflects our time that people sooner assume you’re on drugs or mad, rather than free.

No means yes in grasshopper language.

Reality depresses me. I need to find fantasy worlds and escape in them.

It's impossible to be unhappy while wearing a poncho!

All my friends got dogs and cats for Christmas, and I got a starfish called Roy. I used to take him down to the park on a lead.

When I'm 70 I might be a man in a park just wandering around, speaking in tongues with kids throwing bread at me.

Never try and go on a solo mission on your own.

I've had a really weird day, some joker threw bamboo in the penguin enclosure. They all vaulted out. It was a nightmare, it took me all morning to get them back in.

I don't really like jokes in a way. I mean gags are fine but I like weird moments where what you have isn't really a joke, just tiny moments.

I've got it all in here ultra violets, flying saucers, strawberry bootlace come on get involved.

Love not because you have to attract someone, love because you have an abundance of love in your heart.

To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.

You only truly believe that which moves you to action.

If you constantly brush shoulders with great minds, sooner or later you would surely become very familiar with what it takes to dwell in the land of greatness.

I don't have a TV or watch movies. I don't like to be broadcast to, I want to participate.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.

The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself.

I don't think my work has to be loved by everyone, and it's loved by enough people that I'm grateful and able to keep going.

I am breathing. That's how I'm staying alive!

I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.