Robin Williams

And now that you have a child you have to clean up your act, ’cause you can’t drink anymore. You can’t come home drunk and go, ‘Hey, here’s a little switch: Daddy’s gonna throw up on you!’

Politics: ‘Poli’a Latin word meaning ‘many’; and “tics” meaning ‘bloodsucking creatures’.

Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.

[to troops in Iraq] I’m looking at a group of heavily armed people here. I’m telling myself ‘if you’re not funny, it’s a problem’

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.

I was young when I first went to America. I was 19 years old, and I went crazy. I met The GTOs and my mind just snapped. I’m from a nowhere town in the Midlands and here were these girls with bare breasts blatantly coming on, and of course we went crazy.

My worst habit is speaking to much.

My little sister Stella partly looks up to me. She depends on me and I always try to set a good example for her.

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That’s all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?

Yes, it’s that special time of year where we voluntarily imbibe pumpkin spice lattes, the coffee that tastes like a candle.

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.

I get more people approaching me about how good I was in ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ than being in Coldplay.

Someone once asked me… whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: ‘Every day!’

I feel like I needed a balance. I don’t want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.

I’m my worst critic and I always want to give people something better than I gave them before.

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It’s like going from nowhere to nowhere.

I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn’t be afraid to be a kid. I like having fun.

My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.

Starting a new studio was a thrilling challenge, but it was more stressful than fun. I never took a salary, a bonus or expenses. I learned never to do anything you’re not passionate about.

You don’t worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.