Paul Merton

My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years. ↗

— Paul Merton

#endured #give #happiest #i #indication

When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won. ↗

— Paul Merton

#civil service #go #i #monday #monday morning

Am I allowed to call myself working-class now? Because obviously I'm now very rich. ↗

— Paul Merton

#am #because #call #i #myself

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. ↗

— Paul Merton

#i #laugh #like #making #old

I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour. ↗

— Paul Merton

#elections #general #i #i think #labour

I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy. ↗

— Paul Merton

#comedy #contemporary #i #interest #really

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗

— Paul Merton

#being #comedy #fascinated #funny #i

I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian. ↗

— Paul Merton

#especially #good #having #i #i think

I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. ↗

— Paul Merton

#after #am #chronological #dvds #i

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place. ↗

— Paul Merton

#disappointed #first #i #invested #much