The comedian, 53, on why he feeds Twitter trolls, monitoring his memory and living as honestly as possible
I’d describe myself as grounded and self-aware. And I think the backbone to that is my commitment to the truth. I live by one moral principle, really: to live as honestly as possible. I’m quite obsessive-compulsive about honesty and have a physical discomfort for any kind of untruth. As a performer, I find myself drawn more and more to true storytelling. The motto I live by is, ‘The truth is always complex’ – as in the truth is in the detail and the detail is complicated.
My way of switching off is going on social media. It’s easy – it’s just people saying stuff. Charlie Brooker once did a list of the greatest video games ever and he put Twitter at the top of the list. It’s enormously distracting, but it is just a game.
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