“Reality depresses me. I need to find fantasy worlds and escape in them.”

“I don't really like jokes in a way. I mean gags are fine but I like weird moments where what you have isn't really a joke, just tiny moments.”

“I did work in a bakery for one day. But the boss went off and when he came back I was lying on the floor eating cakes.”

“Some people have a fear of being on stage. I have a fear of coming off it.”

“It's impossible to be unhappy while wearing a poncho!”

“It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.”

“Maybe there are just some men like that in the world, I thought. Men who have to be in charge, who have to punish those who awaken feelings in them which they cannot control. Men who will lure you with tenderness till you believe that you are safe then slap you down. Men whom it is impossible for anyone to love without losing their dignity. Men who have to damage those who love them most. But, then, I had fallen on love with one, so what did that make me?”