He Spent His Life Immersed In Books

Maybe Those Sorts Of Yes-or-no Life-and-death Decisions Are Easier To Make Because They Are So Black And White. I Can Cope With Them Because It's Easier. Human Emotions, Well. . .they're Just A Fathomless Collection Of Grays And I Don't Do So Well On The Midtones.

The Inspiration Comes From Everywhere, From What I Grew Up With. There's So Much Silliness And Nonsense In The World That We Regard As Normal Working Procedure. The Satirical Point Of The View May Be To Counterpoint That. The Way We Look At Classics Has Been Hijacked By The Intelligentsia - Shakespeare Is Highbrow And Seen As Something Clever People Do, Which Isn't Right At All. I Basically Pull Inspiration From Everywhere.

What’s The Opposite Of Déjà Vu, When You See Something That Hasn’t Happened Yet?” “i Don’t Know—avant Verrais?

Comedy Was One Of Those Genres That While Appearing Quite Jolly Was Actually Highly Dangerous.

Whenever I'm Giving Talks, I Always Ask People To Think Of The Most Obscure Questions Because I Enjoy Those The Most. I Always Get The Same Questions: Why Does Pickwick Say "plock" And Will There Be A Movie? I Like The Really Obscure Questions Because There's So Much In The Books. There Are Tons And Tons Of References And I Like When People Get The Little Ones And Ask Me About Them. It's Good For The Audience [and Also] They Realize There's More There.