Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote. ”

I can't stand Tiger Woods. He is the most selfish man I've ever played golf with. ”

I'm just a regular guy. ”

As you know, I'm all about victory for the underdog. ”

I don't mind being a buffoon. ”

I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it's going to take me 30 years to write my magnum opus. ”

I think Russell Brand's books should be criticised for being rubbish - but it is true that there's a professional class of opinion-former who has a financial interest in their job not being taken away. ”

The me you see on stage is largely a construct, based on me at my worst, my most annoying, my most petty, and my most patronizing. ”

I don't think I'd want to be a comedian today if I saw it on the telly. I wouldn't think it was a thing for weirdoes and drop-outs; I'd think it was a thing for squares who wanted to be famous. ”

For other comics, it's about full-spectrum dominance, being on panel shows and having one-liners and being a good chat show guest and having a good seven minutes you can do on 'Live At The Apollo.' But I really think about these subsequent finished pieces, you know? And they don't always chop up well into one-liners and routines. ”