We had not had time to establish ourselves as a double act before Ernie joined the Merchant Navy. I teamed up with the brother of the late Dave Morris.

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.

I'm playing all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order

I always take my wife morning tea in my pyjamas. But is she grateful? No, she says she'd rather have it in a cup.

I get airsick just licking an airmail stamp.

There is no longer waiting for anyone, but for death.

A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it.

What you wouldn't have suspected lives & trembles in the air. Those treasures of the day you keep just out of reach. These come & go in truckloads but no one stops to see them.

I like when a guy wears a T-shirt, and you can see a little curve of the muscle sticking out. That's sexy!

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

I've always assumed he'd be around to be, you know, yelled at and taken for granted. And of course I was wrong. Nobody's going to put up with that forever.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

Lookin up at the huge baboons, I wondered if Khufu had some sort of secret baboon code that would get us in. But instead he barked at the statues and cowered heroically behind my legs.

If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further, in art, in life, in everything!

I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.