I don't always understand poetry!'

'You don't always understand it? Timms, I never understand it. But learn it now, know it now and you will understand it...whenever.

The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest.

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.

I write plays about things that I can't resolve in my mind. I try to root things out.

I always feel over-appreciated but underestimated.

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off.