“All of my children's books are attempts to tap into what I believe to ...” — David Baddiel Quote

“All of my children's books are attempts to tap into what I believe to be children's, and to some extent human beings', fantasies.”

“My show 'Fame: Not the Musical' is about the fact that fame is seen in two ways in our culture: either as a glittering bauble we desperately covet, or as a narrative of tragedy and despair. My own experience of fame is a third, mundane way, which often involves being mistaken for someone else - Ian Broudie from the Lightning Seeds, or Steve Wright.”

“I remember watching an episode of 'Seinfeld' in which George can't understand why security guards can't sit down. He gets obsessed with it and eventually buys a chair for a security guard who sits down and goes to sleep. The shop gets robbed. That's a brilliant extrapolation of what is essentially observational comedy.”

“Almost without exception, President Obama begins serious policy discussions by explaining why everyone else is wrong. After he assigns straw men to your views, he enthusiastically attempts to knock them down with a theatrically earnest re-litigation of what you've missed about his brilliance.”

“Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.”

“Some young filmmakers, unfortunately, don't have the ability to resist attempts to maybe cut their films down unfairly.”