Ideally, you want to be in a fifty-fifty power-sharing arrangement with the audience - both of you are there for a mutually enjoyable experience.

This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the ghetto except getting out of one.

Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for Frisbees on concrete for one.

Originality is never embraced as quickly as the commonplace.

Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped.

Don't try to give a funny opinion; give your opinion in a way that will be funny.

Bombing teaches you how badly you want to become a comedian. Because unless it's a burning desire, you'll quit when the consistent bombing becomes too much to take.

If I'm crisp and economical in my delivery, have smooth transitions, movement and animation, and flights of fancy, that would get me an A.

When I saw a sign on the freeway that said, "Los Angeles 445 miles," I said to myself, "I've got to get out of this lane."

You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join in before you go on to the next one.

I advise treating the studio audience like a nightclub audience because that's the reason you're doing television - to get them to come see you in a nightclub.

Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.

Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.

I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it deserves the attention of the United States government and the people.

Laziness in my biggest pet peeve of all time. Get up, make a plan, do the work, and love yourself, people!

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

Your unhappiness ultimately arises not from the circumstances of your life but from the conditioning of your mind.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

To lunch with the important ... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder.