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I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.

I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to write stuff I find funny.

There's so many good comic actors that you just take the best of and try and run with it yourself. Try and bring a little bit of yourself to it, too.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.

By and large, I think that comics work seriously hard. Many have other jobs as well, plus you never really switch off, so you're always working.

When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel.

I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use of language. I do try to have my own standards: I don't do everything the audience wants, and I do try to surprise them.