Pieter-Dirk Uys

"So talented hes enough to drive any aspiring writer to OD on Smarties - or at least encourage them to stick to writing out place-settings for dinner parties."

"Soon censorship will become a luxury of the past. When I recently spoke to an okie connected with the censor board about why Mad Max wasnt banned, his reply was that the youth of today must get used to violence as that will soon be their way of life! Its a sobering thought."

"Im just the dumb blonde with the jewelery!"

"When I send up the verkramptes, I am always sending up the verkrampte ghosts in me. But I never poke fun at people - its their ATTITUDES that I find funny. Some of them seem to have their scripts all mixed up."

"Underneath the bitchy bon mots is a satirist of serious commitment."

"His highs are achieved without drugs - they are born of a serious lust for life."