I knew 'Be Our Guest' would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything.

Health food shops can make people feel very important; it's like a brand new religion with people trying to convert you to quinoa.

I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like.

A problem shared is attention gained.

Until I was about 14, I was a fat boy, or at least I looked like a fat boy. I think that being funny was a bit of a defence mechanism for me, so I ended up being a bit of a joker.

I don't know if I was funny as a child, though I always thought my parents really enjoyed listening to me sing.

I was a precocious child.

The strangest thing about writing a sitcom, is never knowing if it will become anything but words on a page.

If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

The process of creation can be unpredictable and, in some way, similar to love: the brightest waves of inspiration may sometimes occur in wrong timing, wrong places, or even with wrong people.

When it comes to texting the power of you thumbs compel you

You could call her perilous because she was so strong in herself.

Rock n' roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake

Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.

My uniqueness reveals something of Christ that no one else does.

We have an anti-choice president, an anti-choice House and Senate. They might pass a national ban. It's already virtually impossible for people in some areas to get an abortion.

Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.