I like the idea of being atoms that other people can breathe in, and fabulous worm food.

I really hope there is a big pearly gate.

Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.

What I expect to happen is that my body will fail, my mind will cease to function and that will be that. My genes will not live on, because I have had no children. I am comforted by Richard Dawkins’ theory of memes. Those are mental units: thoughts, ideas, gestures, notions, songs, beliefs, rhymes, ideals, teachings, sayings, phrases, clichés that move from mind to mind as genes move from body to body. After a lifetime of writing, teaching, broadcasting and telling too many jokes, I will leave behind more memes than many. They will all also eventually die, but so it goes.

Laughing and silliness.

Probably the same thing.

Brian May, because of his love of wildlife and love of music. He’s a kind, gentle soul.

I once did a record store signing in LA, which I had no business doing. No one was there – just staff. They were getting ready to close the shop and sweeping up.

People told us Eurovision was like a poisoned chalice – to have been part of an amazing team that worked on changing the attitudes around that is really cool.

I’m quite stubborn.