Tim Vine

With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke.

I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues.

As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a comic that you're able to still access that childlike thing.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.