Billy connolly

I like Dali and Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.

I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took...

Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.

I don't aim to offend.

I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do.

I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.

I don't have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I've done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that's mostly what I'm offered.

The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the style and the optimism, I wanted to see New York being built. I wanted to see all that, you know.

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.

Don't tell me how to do my job. I don't come to your workplace and tell you how to sweep up.