I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

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.

Most times and in most circumstances, what hinders real progress is never anything big, but the small things we least regard that impede real thinking and action for progress!

Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again.

This proves Indians do nothing else but surf the Web.

It's not about loving animals. It's about fighting injustice. My whole goal is for humans to have as little contact as possible with animals.

We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.

Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.

We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body.

If you have not learned to be a passionate lover, do not count your life as lived. On the day of reckoning, it will not be counted.

Apples taste sweetest when they're going.

I'm a gun owner. I'm a strong second amendment supporter.