Michael Palin Decided To Give Up On

Oh, I Could Spend My Life Having This Conversation - Look - Please Try To Understand Before One Of Us Dies

I Think It Takes A Long Time, As You Get Older, To Realize Just How Crazy The World Is, Just How Ridiculous It All Is.

Bureaucrats Shouldn't Be In Charge Of Comedy.

I Started To Make Harder Jokes Before Anyone Else Did. And The Producers Would Get Anxious. They'd Say, 'that's A Little Bit Hard-edged, Isn't It?' And I'd Say, 'let's Just Try It And See How The Audience Reacts. If They Don't Like It, Let's Cut It Out.' And The Audience Roared With Laughter, So I Learned You Could Do This Harder Humor And People Loved It.

Laughter Is A Force For Democracy.