“I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palac...” — Karl Pilkington Quote

I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.

The problem I have with all this religion stuff is that I can't relate to it. I think most people got into 'cos it gave them something to do on a Sunday, but since all the shops are now open it isn't required as much.

If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

Everyone is living for everyone else now. They're doing stuff so they can tell other people about it. I don't get all that social media stuff, I've always got other things I want to do - odd jobs around the house. No one wants to hear about that.

I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp.

David Shrigley is somewhere between stand-up comedy and cave paintings. He does these brilliant esoteric, simple drawings - you might even say bad drawings. Part of it is that you feel like you could do the drawing, but you haven't done the drawing - you haven't found that moment of truth. There's something incredible about the simplicity of it.

We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.

My heroes: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Nina Simone.

I love how 'Game of Thrones' has resonated with so many people around the world. I feel like it has really tapped into our need to hear stories about the human condition, love, death, good, evil... For me, it really is a modern version of the old Greek theatre or cave men sitting around fires telling stories.