My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online..

In summary, our world is doomed..

The iPad falls between two stools - not quite a laptop, not quite a smartphone. In other words, it's the spork of the electronic consumer goods world..

[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist….

I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified..

I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful..

I've instinctively hated the Tories since birth..

I pitched Jay Hunt the opening scene (prime minister, middle of the night, he's woken up...). She paused, and then she laughed. She was very intrigue….

We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to the crazy blonde hair. Then Mayor of Lo….

"National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that - and then I watched….

The biggest teenage taboo is being strait-laced. It's easy to tell a researcher you went to a house party that turned into an orgy. It's less easy to….

I'm quite geeky and I'm very much into video games and technology and stuff like that..

I tried to be all intellectual and erudite and with others I'd just swear and curse and be an idiot. And suddenly, when they're all in one space, I d….

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy..

It's interesting, in the U.K., I'm known for doing comedy things, which often doesn't translate to the U.S..

There's something I find very satisfying about a nice ironic twist..

I'm a worrier. In the UK, if I'm known for anything, it's sort of for being cynical..

Most of the books I read these days are children's books at bedtime..

[My parents when I was a kid] would go, "It's a nice hot day. Why are you inside watching the TV?" And you go, "Well, 'cause it's better?".

When I was a chain smoker, I used to wake up and the first thing I'd do was reach for a cigarette, basically. And now I do the same thing for a smart….

Creationists reject Darwin's theory of evolution on the grounds that it is "just a theory". This is a valid criticism: evolution is indeed merely "a ….