I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I was the little guy who knew how to tie a necktie. It came from having absentee parents. They were tremendously loving and caring people who, by circumstance, had to go to work.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

But some things, no matter how unlikely, are just supposed to happen. You know what I mean. Some things just smack of the future and feel part of an overarching rightness.

Know thyself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her.

And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning.

I've always had the dream of going to New Zealand and meeting a lovely New Zealander in a bar.

I feel so, so lucky. Lucky because of many things.

I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don't condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.

If you believe you have a voice and something to say, chances are you do, and the world needs you to do whatever you're drawn to do. So you should do it.

If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.

Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!