Tread Gently On Anyone Who Looks At

I Started To Draw Desert Islands. They Were Just Rough, Shapes In The Middle Of The Page. Then I Began Drawing Shapes Within Those Shapes And I Was Amazed How Quickly The Islands Got Better. It Took Off From There.

My Parents Used To Take Me To The Pet Department And Tell Me It Was A Zoo.

I Think Comedy Is Difficult, And I'm Amazed So Many People Want To Do It. I'll Be Buying Jeans And Somebody Will Say, "i'm A Comedian" - The Guy Selling You The Jeans. The Desire To Be A Comedian Is Weird. I Found It Weird Myself To Want To Be One; I Was A Schoolboy When I Wanted To Be One But I Didn't Know How To Do It. That Was 50 Years Ago, So Times Have Changed Greatly. There Seems To Be A Long Line Of People Desperate To Do It And Most Of Them Are Quite Good.

Without Arts Programmes There's Only Reality Tv, And Reality Tv Needs The Arts To Show It What Reality Is.

I Love Scotland And I Speak About It A Lot, So People Think I'm Desperate To Go Back. They Just Take It Upon Themselves To Say I'm Going Back, But I'm Not. I'd Rather Concentrate On Becoming A Citizen Of The World.