Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'

There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.

It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at a time of my life when I was very happy., and that happiness overflowed into the scripts.

Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'

We study play because life is crap. Life is crap, and it's full of pain and suffering, and the only thing that makes it worth living - the only thing that makes it possible to get up in the morning and go on living - is play.

I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.

If you want to learn the true nature of a child you have to watch how she plays. If you want to learn the true nature of an adult you have to watch how she does her job.

The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra.

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.

If you are always looking for fault, that is what you will find- and you'll never have peace of mind.

'Go Back Home' encompasses not only actual geographic location but also, for me, back home in the worlds of music and theatre, and back home in terms of making albums again. There are lots of meanings to that.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

There is no beast more cruel than man.

Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned... It's fine for male artists to be angry - they're encouraged to outwardly express their aggression - but women? I've been painted as an aggressive Feminazi because I'm blunt, stubborn, independent, forthright.

I love nature.

Debate is so much better than denial.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

I was a shy, quiet kid. I was happiest playing by myself with my toys, rather than hanging around people.

The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices.

Modernism', as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere.

If I would need to make a prediction I still believe Kaplan's scenario is very plausible.

People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.

Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.

I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood by ordinary people.

Anything I shouldn't laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I'm bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I'm thinking to myself, 'If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,' and then I start laughing and I can't stop.

Being comfortable with who you are but knowing that you can improve. That is the balance.

I did not actually run down a deer for 'Tammy,' I promise.

Never stand between a dog and the fire hydrant.