Ken Dodd

I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.

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.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.