Lou Sanders

“People teach us all the time, if we're willing to listen. Someone once taught me that Debbie Harry and Blondie were the same person - what a day!”

“Animals falling over is funny because they pretend it didn't happen.”

“I do believe that if you are lucky and meet the right people, some horrific situations can be an opportunity to grow stronger, and every single person has a spectrum of events happen to them, which don't have to define them.”

“It's nice to wake up and not have a sense of horror about what I might have done.”

“Ageing is an odd thing, we all have to do it if we're lucky! So why do we often feel shame, regret or sadness about passing through one window of time, when that is exactly what is meant to happen?”

“The word sober sounds so serious.”

“I have a secret I am going to die. It's very sad but I have known about it for a while. You see, I have a condition; it's called ageing.”

“Academics who take themselves really seriously sometimes make me laugh. But sometimes they make me sad.”

“As I get older, I do want to add a bit more depth to my comedy. But even if I'm talking about a really heavy topic, I have to do it in a silly way.”

“I write problems down on paper and then burn them. I suppose you could do that with physical possessions, too. You can burn anything you like, really.”

“I loved 'Penny Spubbs' and 'We Are Klang,' maybe because I watched them before I started comedy so it was a purer watch.”

“Every character in '30 Rock' is so well drawn, big, bold and hilarious. Most of the characters shouldn't be likable but somehow they put some heart into their heartlessness.”

“It's insane the way people don't trust women to host shows and if they do, they anchor them with men.”

“In the U.K. we can be quite uptight about death. Maybe we think if we don't make a noise, it might not see us. But in other countries and cultures they seem to have a healthier attitude towards the end of life; they talk about it, sometimes celebrate it, and can even see it as a beautiful transition.”

“When I was younger we knew all of our neighbours - who was grumpy, who gave you your ball back, who had spare cake.”

“I think some female comedians are some of the strongest comedians going because they've had to work harder.”