Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

I don't know what to say so I'll just say what's in my heart...badoom, badoom, badoom.

If you haven't arrived yet, keep driving, your destiny is waiting for you.

Your words and actions must match to build your character. Any gap in those will put a dent in your credibility. Be a man of your words.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. Thats the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.

For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.

I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent on tours, some of that was extremely violent.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

They were enjoying it. Whether they were faking or not, they were enjoying it.

What the people of the world want most and have always wanted is bread and peace.

When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.