Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

Artistic symbols and myths speak out of the primordial, preconscious realm of the mind which is powerful and chaotic. Both symbol and myth are ways of bringing order and form into this chaos.

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

In the longest run of all, your life, you're going to be a winner.

In a year's time, he's a year older.

We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us.

Those who go to Heaven ride on a pass and enter into blessings that they never earned, but all who go to hell pay their own way.

The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life.

The leaf, still green, must someday fall such grief and joy to live at all.

Living things have no inertia, and tend to no equilibrium.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.