Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film.

Prague is like a vertical Venice steps everywhere.

Rosalia is dressed in raven clothes forty years too old for her, so that she seems to be in mourning for her life.

People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.

A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.

Funniness is the wild card in the pack.

The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.

jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible.

[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.

[On Watermelon Man:] ... it is impossible to look at this film without its giving you a share in its insane bad taste, which is rather companionable of it.

Great comedy calls large matters into question.

Sit back and enjoy. And remember: Always be careful what you say around your kids.

You rarely get a tentpole that has this much emotional depth, this much character to dive into.

My dream is to continue to be an artist who gets to be different individuals from different walks of life.

You have an Ice Cream Sundae, put the whipped cream on - that's what managers do.

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

I cannot guarantee anything.

We've replaced the proclamation of Christ with an easy-listening legalism of do more and try harder.

Anticipation of pleasure is a pleasure in itself.