Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.

Siberia is so big, it’s almost more an idea than a place

When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West.

Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.

People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.

There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.

Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.

Sometimes travel is merely an opportunity taken when you can.

I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.

Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.

Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.

Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.

It is either you let go of the things and people that are dragging you down and start climbing to the top or you could forget about the possibility of you ever making it to the top.

Efforts depend on individuals, but results rely on mere conditions.

Half the trouble in the world arises from men trying to anticipate their time and season, and the other half from their trying to prolong them.

My mother was a failed actress, but that was our bread and butter - what we loved most to do was to go to the theater and talk about it and dissect it and understand it.

You have such a huge career ... behind you.

The aim of education is growth: the aim of growth is more growth

Never throw into double coverage.

I don't think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.