Why Write About The Past?

The Most Creative People Have This Childlike Facility To Play.

Would You Take A Billion Dollars, If As Part Of The Deal The Earth Were Made Uninhabitable A Year After Your Death? ... Well, Of Course Not; You Care About Your Friends, Above All Your Children, Any Grandchildren. But ... What If The Deal Calls For The Planet To Be Poisoned A Thousand Years Later? We Feel Strong Obligations To Generations In The Near Future - Should We Not Feel The Same Way About Our Children's Great-grandchildren And Generations Beyond Them?

I Find It Rather Easy To Portray A Businessman. Being Bland, Rather Cruel And Incompetent Comes Naturally To Me.

I Was Very Sad To Hear Of The Death Of Ronnie Barker, Who Was Such A Warm, Friendly And Encouraging Presence To Have When I Started In Television. He Was Also A Great Comic Actor To Learn From.

Your Mother Was A Hamster And You Father Smelled Of Elder Berries.