The envelope was a funny shape – you don’t get an envelope that shape without it meaning something bad; I don’t know if sulphurous smoke was actually curling from it but it might as well have been. I was being sued for libel and though after a lot of time and effort the case was dismissed, and I was awarded costs which I never saw, it was a horrible experience. I always thought it would have been a lot cheaper and a lot less worry if I’d stabbed the bloke – the most I would have got was an asbo barring me from certain parts of Croydon. As it was, I risked losing absolutely everything – just for saying some words.

via Take on the libel bullies | Alexei Sayle | Comment is free | The Guardian.