He Who Laughs Most, Learns Best.

I Think You Can Write Very Good Comedy Without A Partner, But What I Love About It, Working With A Partner, Is That You Get To Places You'd Never Get On Your Own. It's Like When God Was Designing The World And Decided We Couldn't Have Children Without A Partner; It Was A Way Of Mixing Up The Genes So You'd Get A More Interesting Product.

You Go In And Meet The Head Of Bbc One And Get An Assurance About Not Dumbing Down. And Then, Of Course A Few Months Later, He's Been Replaced By Someone You Haven't Met.

I Think That Money Spoils Most Things, Once It Becomes The Primary Motivating Force.

The One Thing I Remember About Christmas Was That My Father Used To Take Me Out In A Boat About Ten Miles Offshore On Christmas Day, And I Used To Have To Swim Back. Extraordinary. It Was A Ritual. Mind You, That Wasn't The Hard Part. The Difficult Bit Was Getting Out Of The Sack.

Years Ago We Would Have Been Burned For This. Now What I Am Suggesting Is That We've Advanced.