Witty And Mean Is Easy - But

My Problem Is That The Audience Is More Fiction-literate Than Ever. In Shakespeare's Day, You Probably Expected To See A Play Once Or Twice In Your Life; Today You Experience Four Or Five Different Kinds Of Fiction Every Day. So Staying Ahead Of The Audience Is Impossible.

Well We've Moved Through The Funfair A Bit – We've Done The Rollercoaster, Now We're On The Ghost Train.

When Writing Comedy, You Have To Have The Confidence To Believe That There Is Only One Type Of Relationship In The World, And We Are All Having It, That All Men Behave In The Same Way And So Do All Women.

The Doctor: Don't Blink. Don't Even Blink. Blink And You're Dead. Don't Turn Your Back. Don't Look Away. And Don't Blink.

Well, The World Is Vastly Counted In Favour Of Men At Every Level - Except If You Live In A Civilised Country And You’re Sort Of Educated And Middle-class, Because Then You’re Almost Certainly Junior In Your Relationship And In A State Of Permanent, Crippled Apology. Your Preferences Are Routinely Mocked. There’s A Huge, Unfortunate Lack Of Respect For Anything Male.