Good-humoured unaffected girls will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.

It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers off-the-wall sense of humour like me.

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that it's very sad.

My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting and especially humour was my way of dealing with all that.

My father and I had a good relationship it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like me although he had no beard. He had the appearance of a very elegant British-looking man.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.

Well he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning and that's a load of mince as well.

The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.