''i've never seen a funnier man. it's as if einstein suddenly decided, 'fuck it, i'll do stand-up.' ...in conversation, he was so fast you could barely get a thought out before he would seize it, gloss it, show you the opposite, turn it upside down, show you the left and right of it, run multiple variations on it, and then, properly examined, hand it back to you.'

p243-244 ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE eric idle crown 2018