Eric Idle

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man.

At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.

There is a bit of me if I'm pushed in one way I might bounce back and go the opposite.