You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'
From Ian Hislop
I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.
I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can't get my head around the fact that I am older than he was - ever.
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