The definition of comedy is 'unsafe space' - you can't control what people laugh at. — Sara Pascoe Comedy Copy Share Image
I became a vegetarian at seven. I went on a school trip to a farm and loved the animals. — Sara Pascoe Animals Copy Share Image
Since I was really small, my mum says I wouldn't talk at breakfast because I would just read the back of the… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I really respect the work and speeches of Tony Benn. He was a powerful speaker with a huge heart. — Sara Pascoe Communication Copy Share Image
The podcast is a bit like a phone call, except you don't say anything. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“Perfect. A woman in heels and a suit hurrying to her car dropped three fat French fries, still warm.” — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I was exceptionally opinionated as a teenager, never afraid to rant and ruin a birthday party or cinema trip. — Sara Pascoe Birthday Copy Share Image
Watching the news, there seems to be an empathy failure and miscommunication. — Sara Pascoe Compassion Copy Share Image
If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery… — Sara Pascoe Female character Copy Share Image
Regency literature was too coal-y for me, too long-winded and describey. I preferred modern books where you had to read other books… — Sara Pascoe Book Copy Share Image
I have never been to Ladies' Day at the Grand National. I've never been to any day there, truth be told, and… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“I have decided it's my mind that's woman. It's my narrator. It's my relationship to myself, and oddly, nothing at all to… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I try so hard to be tolerant of everyone and their choices, but people who harm pets or support factory farming have… — Sara Pascoe Choices Copy Share Image
Many of my memories of my mum are of her in the bath with a book, utilising her limited spare time by… — Sara Pascoe Books Copy Share Image
There's social media where people's politics are out there, they're forwarding articles and seem engaged, but it's only online. We tweet and… — Sara Pascoe Media Copy Share Image
“Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn.… — Sara Pascoe Action Copy Share Image
I hate how old people get in my way when I'm swimming. You're trying to get into the zone and normally, if… — Sara Pascoe Hate Copy Share Image
When I was a small child we were allowed to wait up until midnight on 31 December. Then as the TV chimed,… — Sara Pascoe Children Copy Share Image
After an afternoon of interviewing Siri it turns out there are millions of questions that it can't or won't answer: How did… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
The only reason you would hate to be compared to 'Fleabag' is if you were said to be 'not as good as… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
While all religious beliefs should be respected, choice is a human right. — Sara Pascoe Beliefs Copy Share Image
There was a girl I was best friends with at college; I always used to kiss the boys she liked. I'd like… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
For women, style codes are not merely about being smart or presentable, they are a platform for judgment. — Sara Pascoe Being Copy Share Image
“The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger.” — Sara Pascoe Action Copy Share Image
I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I thought all comedy was stupid. I went to watch a friend do stand-up and I thought absolutely everyone was terrible. — Sara Pascoe Comedy Copy Share Image
I didn't watch TV in the 90s and early 00s. I was too busy trying to grow out a fringe and perm. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
As an adult, my hero is my dog, Mouse. He is so friendly to everyone he meets. He wags his tail and… — Sara Pascoe Animal Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, an idea swooshed into his marsupial brain like a small propeller plane buzzing a crowd. ‘Why didn’t I think of that?” — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
We parcel up time into years and months and days because without compartmentalisation the tundra of time is impossible to navigate. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“On the end of my bed. He’s short, round and bald, with a tartan loin cloth, and what looks like a spout… — Sara Pascoe Adventure Copy Share Image
Skinniness is a new fashion. It reflects an obsession with youth, a suggestion of pre-adolescence when a female's fertility can be dominated.… — Sara Pascoe Fashion Copy Share Image
Worse than useless, I worry e-petitions are detrimental, with their sense of catharsis and mini-activism. Channelling away agitation, giving us the opportunity… — Sara Pascoe Friendship Copy Share Image
The cliche of call-centre work is that it's mainly older people who will stay on the line to talk to you. Whether… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“Raya knew this type of girl – they never liked her. Usually they’d make fun of her, behind her back, but loud… — Sara Pascoe Adventure Copy Share Image
If we accept ourselves as animals, and have empathy and tolerance, compassion to others, understand that humans are territorial, aggressive and have… — Sara Pascoe Change Copy Share Image
That's the thing: when I listen on public transport, my headphones act as a separator - a wired barrier between me and… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
The love of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy is reliant on the restrictions of Regency culture, their passion is created by repression. — Sara Pascoe Culture Copy Share Image
So why don't all religions get together and go to war with atheists? Because we all want the same thing: respect and… — Sara Pascoe Atheists Copy Share Image
