The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.

Even now I can't stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I'm pathologically shy.

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.

I was racing through life, utterly confused and angry. I don't know if I was out of control; it was more like I felt frustrated with myself and everything I saw happening around me.

The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.

I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.

I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.

If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.

I find it very hard to play a part, then take it off like a cheap suit and become Mr Normal - Mr. Nice Guy.

A great story is impossible to forget.

Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette Thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef dripping.

The tongue is more easily controlled than the features of the face; and though the heart may be secret, the face is transparent.

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains.

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy.

On average, most people consume between 100 - 120 grams of protein per day. Not only is that unhealthy, it's extremely dangerous, as the majority of the protein consumed is animal based.