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Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic humor when you find it.

So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out.

Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.

I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.

I'm not opposed to doing science fiction or comedy, but there has to be respect. I refuse to be the joke, the fat woman joke, in any movie. I've turned down roles.

At the end of the day I'm writing comedy. If you get too realistic as a comedy writer with your disasters, it stops being funny.

Really, if I'm honest, sci-fi is where my sensibility instinctively goes - I'm a big comic-book fan.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

I quite enjoy science fiction.