I've never been a fan of euphemism.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing.

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.

There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Gough was a serious student but found time to gain a blue in rowing

She lay on her back, looking up at the sky, feeling no desire to move or think or know that there was any time beyond this moment.

I love sunglasses, I have all shapes and colors.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end.

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

My parents had a love for music. There were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded in music.

I always wanted to go into acting.