There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.

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So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook,...

So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook,...

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does...

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't...

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is...

Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize....

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize....

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval...

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval...

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them