I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.

When people say to me don't the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don't realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year it seems to take forever.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

I am 5ft 6in and weigh about 11 stone - about a stone overweight, but that's because of my brain.

Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain.

A pensive personality and ambivalent attitude towards power and money can cause other people to take a high production or creative person for granted.

We must thank to the crazy people because by looking at their achievements or the failures, we can decide whether we have to inject some craziness to our own lives or not!

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.

I don't have role models or watch much TV. I go to awards ceremonies but often I don't even know who the people are. I think that's good, because then you don't have preconceived ideas about them.

I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

The holy spirit of the Spring Is working silently.

Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others.

The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.

When exactly were we brainwashed into believing that the best way to earn a living is to have a job?

Is there a point to your latest irritation, Kish? (Sin) Had a sudden death wish. Felt the deep need to come up here and have you freeze me. (Kish)