Terribly sad news about Stuart Cable, such a lovely, warm, funny, talented man.

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

There are some people who only know me for cornflakes ads, and that's fine. I have a charmed life.

I'm prone to a more depressed outlook on life.

I'm a very, very handsome man, and have had to come to terms with it... um, do I like the way I look? In the right light, and with a following wind.

When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that.

I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids.

I just look like someone with a long face. Not just A. P. McCoy himself, but some of the horses he rides.

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

I would have to say my earthy sensuality - although I should point out that the backs of my calves are exemplary and my upper inner thigh is a delight.

I still have lots of friends from my pre-success days.

Don't gobblefunk around with words.

Don't overestimate your emotions and underestimate your intelligence.

Live your life remembering good experiences, the bad ones were just lessons

April is the crudest month breeding Lilacs out of the dead land mixing Memory and desire stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the pitcher fill up to the brim.

It is the things for which there is no evidence that are believed with passion.

THERE are joys which long to be ours.

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist.

When I decided to follow my dream I had already discarded my life.