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TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.

David Walliams

I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Country Dad Place Uncles
We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Funny Things Thinking Trying
I don’t get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Delightful Fans Happy Mets Very
Social satire has been around since people have been around.
DAVID WALLIAMS

People Satire Social
I’m terribly attention-seeking. It’s very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can’t exactly.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Attention Different Want
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it’s over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Book Character Writing
There’s a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.
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Bars Magic Numbers
The most used piece of kit in my kitchen is my saucepan. I use it every morning to cook my porridge in. The least used piece of equipment? I’d say a food mixer. I’ve never used it, I don’t really know what they’re for.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Cook Kitchen Morning Use
Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can’t rely on thinking “Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch.” You’ve got to try to work on the words.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Mind Thinking Writing
I’ve just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Length Thames Tired
There’s something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Comedian Mean Scared
Definitely I love women, I love being around women, I find them incredible and intoxicating, and I’ve never had that feeling I get with women with a man.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Feelings Love Men
We’ve got 12-year-old boys dressing up as transvestites.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Boys Dressing Transvestites Years
All human life can be found in an airport.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Airports Found Human Life
I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don’t think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.
DAVID WALLIAMS

People Thinking Writing
My favourite restaurant of all time is Mildreds on London’s Lexington Street. It’s a little vegetarian restaurant and is really fun and healthy, too. It was the first place I went to in London and really liked. That was 20 years ago, and it is still my favourite.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Fun Healthy Years

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