“Because lots of LGBTQ people are really smart, and there's so much rea...” — Joe Lycett Quote

“Because lots of LGBTQ people are really smart, and there's so much really interesting reading that can be done, and so much academic writing that's been done about it, people can end up getting quite academic about it.”

“I'm a qualified swimming instructor.”

“I beam at the idea of me at the wheel of a luxury yacht, surrounded by models and moguls, sipping cool Gavi di Gavi as we meander down the French Riviera.”

“I do a very good impression of Louis Armstrong.”

“A theatre tour as me, Joe Lycett, with support acts. That would be the dream.”

“I think it's important to go out and gig all over the country, it makes you a better comic.”

“One of the biggest costs in the whole scientific publishing world is borne by the academic community, which is the peer review.”

“In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!”

“Well, that was in 1995 when I resigned from my last academic job.”

“We are not training crafts people as we used to do. We're not giving people the chance to learn. Education has become very academic. There's nothing wrong with academic for some people, but not all.”

“Virginia's public schools have long enjoyed a reputation for academic excellence.”

“I find there's a thin, permeable membrane between journalism and history, and though some academic historians take a dim view of it, I gather a lot of strength and professional inspiration from passing back and forth across it.”