But I will SAY that most comedians are the saddest people I KNOW. That is the BIGGEST paradox to me.

The PARADOX of the ENGLISH country house is that its state of PERMANENT decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind it, is part of the seduction, just as it is part of the seduction of BOOKS in GENERAL.

We WANT a FREE market, but we know that the PARADOX of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene. You have to make sure it's not the LAW of the jungle but the LAWS of democracy that works.

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the CITY, taking PLANES all the time, trying to find the right balance in this LIFE, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to RESPECT the environment.

You have to be GOOD. And keep getting BETTER. For every writer TAKEN on, another is dropped. A paradox: you have to RISE to stay level.

But there's the paradox of FICTION - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with PEOPLE who don't EXIST and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.

Our Western SOCIETY is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening WAYS, but the experience of fear, anxiety and EVEN despair has INCREASED in equal proportion. Indeed, the paradox is that the powerful giants feel as powerless as a new-born babe.