Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

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.

The only condition that miracles will come is after you have done your best.

In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination.

Looking back on my achievements, it is fair to say that I am extremely proud of what I have done and accomplished so far.

I am very grateful for my life. I think one of the keys to not being depressed is to find gratitude and to be grateful for what you have. So I am grateful for what I have.

We can build a better product than Linux.

In order to change the world, I guess a person would have to really get his head together first before he can say anything to the world, to change it.

Seas wept from our deep sorrows.

I realized that I really enjoy writing comedy, and how important comedy is when you feel like total crap.

Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.

Really with marriage, from what I've heard about from different friends that are married, you can't entirely be prepared. There are things you can only learn in marriage.