Dominic Holland

I must say that I am rather partial to funny dog videos. ”

I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience - so people are really laughing at themselves. This is the theory, anyway, and I am aware that in print, that it doesn't appear to be very funny. But it is, and I am definitely funny. ”

Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned. ”

I am a professional comedian, a published novelist, and a general wit for hire. ”

Edinburgh is the most pressurised environment to do comedy. You get an hour. There's no compere. You'd better be on the money straight away; you've got journalists in. ”

I find it pressurising coming to the Voodoo Rooms to do my hour of comedy. ”

How I've fed my kids over the years is by doing stand-up comedy in clubs. ”

I've written 'Eclipsed' as a funny story. It is completely bonkers. ”

I'm a confident person next to the guy in the street, but if you go into the showbiz world, it seems the guys who are most successful are the most confident, and I don't think I fit into that category. ”

I was spectacularly average at school, while my two brothers did really well academically. But my dad never said I didn't try hard enough. He knew I did my best. ”