Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.

If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.

I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.

I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts.

When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy.

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.

Something good always happens at 4:20 for me.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.

Boredom is a disease, too.

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

Those who lead a literary life seem old when they're young and young when they're old, but they're never actually either. Like a good book, they are bound by neither category nor time.

For life we need three things only: nourishment, love, and peace.

The dead are emotionless.

Words writ in waters.

My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.

In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.

A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.

In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved.