I got everybody on my side through comedy.

My nephews all look at me differently now. Before, they couldn't relate to me, and now I'm like a god.

Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better.

Some of those STINKIN' press people just had to make fun of my decision in joining the show. They also made fun of other choices in my life that I was proud of then and still am now!!!

I really enjoyed doing the voice of Nose Marie on the cartoon series Pound Puppies. Fun, FUN cast.

The original Dean Martin Comedy Hour handed me some hysterical sketches. I've got highlights on tons of these variety shows, given to me by their great writers. I'd love to be doing all that again.

I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like.

I really learned the power of the tube on Sesame Street and how it can influence a very young mind.

Its so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares, because they only have control of the childs viewing to a certain point.

The funnier the material, the funnier I could make it.

I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

The trick is learning to frame your new ideas as tweaks of old ideas, to mix a little fluency with a little disfluency—to make your audience see the familiarity behind the surprise.

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.

When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

Do we really want another politician in the White House America can't trust?

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred.

Watching TV mum said," Do you miss your dad?" And I said," Who?

After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get out a new book by him each year.