People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded.

I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges.

If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work.

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.

My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity.

Comedy is actually very macho driven.

I guess chemistry is just another word for love.

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.

I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really.

When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.

This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

What would happen if you gave yourself permission to do somethingyou’ve never done before? There’s only one way to find out.

The purpose of the Sisterhood of Librarians is to keep the secret of creative juice and keep the idea of libraries alive.

Effective, true deep listening and honest dialogue is a gift a soul can choose to give. How easy or difficult that can be depends on the values you hold in your life.

It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.

Failure isn't fatal, and success isn't final.

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.

We fool ourselves into thinking that the spreadsheets that capture our financial projections are something different than what they are.

The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.

Man's nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.