Arthur Smith
When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.
Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not.
I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be.
Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.
I've always been interested in art.
I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery.
If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk happy for a long time, fall in love; happy forever, take up gardening.Collection: Falling In Love
I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.Collection: Lunch
I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art.Collection: Art
About every four years, someone says to me, "I've got a friend who looks exactly like you." What can you say to this?Collection: Years