“My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenag...” — Jo Brand Quote

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout.

The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.

The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.

The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.

You go back to look over the body of my work, and there are no archetypal villains in my books.

Tons of folktales have to do with hares and witches. Basically, witches all over Europe turn into hares and are able to do malevolent things in the form of a hare. It goes back to the great god Pan. Pan is, if we're going to do archetypal projections, related to the Christian Satan, but as a child, Pan was wrapped in a hare's hide.

My dad, was the archetypal charming man. If I've inherited even a small bit of what he had that would be enough for me.