Laughing made me feel safe. I was not going to be enveloped by the seediness that coated this world like dust.

I had a blind date with a dentist — and he told me to come back in six months.

People say it is not the key to happiness, but I have always figured if you have enough money you can have a key made.

I said, "Is there!" I told him there is a Mafia school where they teach them math — if Johnny has ten fingers and they cut off two, how many does he have left?

Somehow, some way, every person in the arts has to find an accommodation with disappointment and embarrassment. They are the pollen in the air we breathe.

I am driven. Being driven is my energy source. It is my fun.…I believe that where there is action, there is movement, and those ripples will eventually produce something positive.

The revelation that personal truth can be the foundation of comedy, that outrageousness can be cleansing and healthy…

The act of creation fascinates me. You can only sit with blank page and wait. You cannot press a button, cannot program it.

Everything comes out of smoke and mist and nothingness, a mystical happening…

Liked" was the kiss of death. "Loved" or "hated" interested him. At least the performer had aroused emotion.

Maybe that is why in my comedy I try and puncture the hypocrisy all around us, why it is almost a crusade with me to strip life down to what really is true.

Rumors get started with a kernel of truth

Could you imagine a windstorm without the rustling of the leaves? You are made of the same stuff as the leaves–and the wind. You are meant to be rustled and sung.

When she would walk, it was like rhythm. The guys' heads would bounce, but I wouldn't look because I was married.

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity.

If my music doesn't fit, I understand, ... If I'm to play my music, that's the way it's gonna be.

Perhaps profit isn't everything, but nothing works without profit. Profit is the basis for independent journalism.

I will never forget that there are millions of other people who would be dying to be in my position. I’m not going to be an actress who doesn’t appreciate what she has.

Nature is actually the goal at the end of history.

We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.