I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.

- Alan Davies

I dont drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.

- Alan Davies

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

- Alan Davies

The thing I'd really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare's Globe. I'd like to walk along that…

- Alan Davies

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

- Alan Davies

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.

- Alan Davies

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

- Alan Davies

A foolproof plan for not getting a job - show up for your interview wearing flip flops.

- Alan Davies

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.

- Alan Davies