People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person in the world and suddenly they see there are two crazy people in the world.

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort.

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.

She knew there was something dark in her then, when she left the alley and the shadows followed.

Enough of medical ethics. Let Uncle Hippocrates rest in peace. It’s time to send an S.O.S to Uncle Omar Khayyam instead.

Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.

I don't have any type of sketch-comedy or stand-up background.

While I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants

More time on the problem isn't the way. More guts is. When you expose yourself to the opportunities that scare you, you create something scarce, something others won't do.

Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life.