'What's a couple?' I asked my mum. She said, 'Two or three'. Which probably explains why her marriage collapsed

I thought if I could make people laugh about how awkward I am, it'd make me less awkward. But you also realise how fun it is to make people laugh.

Surprise makes a joke funny. I love it when someone tells me something I couldn't possibly have expected; you've been led along one path and - bang! - the joke comes out of nowhere.

Tonight the sky was utterly black. Perhaps there was no moon tonight—a lunar eclipse, a new moon. A new moon. I shivered, though I wasn't cold.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.

From what I hear is happening, young Indian boxers have started to do well on the world stage and started to gain the attention of the general audience.

You're the light I can never have and I'm the darkness you'll never succumb to.

Pop stars exist in a different space, one not necessarily tied to a patriotism. So Rihanna is everyone's. She doesn't just belong to America, even though she's a creation of America.

It takes a good crisis to get us going. When we feel fear and we fear loss we are capable of quite extraordinary things.

The basic thing is, people want to get paid, so they'll say the things that get them paid, in entertainment or politics.

Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.