First and foremost, I just want to write comedy.

So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

It feels quite cool, in a mad way, to be someone who skulks about in the shadows.

I have no disagreement with the aims of anti-vivisectionists.

I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker.

Christmas movies, it's a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real.

Slavery of the soul is worst than the slavery of the flesh.....

The way to worry about nothing is to pray about everything.

If you need philosophy and you're waiting on the gas chamber, stick to Socrates. At least he had a sense of humor.

We must learn to accept life and to accept ourselves ... with a shrug and a smile ... because it's all we've got.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to turn out, so that he wouldn't have to bother going through the motions.

The Jews are not a nation!

While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together.

What is the freedom a man can enjoy? Man is governed by certain restraints. He has to adhere to truth.

Comfort is the enemy of creativity.