"I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman."

"I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny."

"I have to do a show which is of interest to me, or else I'm lost."

"I'm reading a book, because I'm brainy. No, it is a book - if you don't know, it is like a blog except bigger."

"There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry."

"The art of living is discovering that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing."

"I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears."