Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.

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.

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

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.

Humans draw a hard line between thinking something and saying it aloud.

W- WhenA- All seemsL- Lost...K- Keep the faith!WALK on… There's a bulb at the end of your tunnel. Your faith will light it up when you get there! Don't drop the faith

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert.

I am bravery. I am courage. I am valor. I am daring. I am holding a thesaurus.

I did an HBO movie called Undefeated that I directed. It was too hard.

You may have a fresh start anytime you choose.

I am very sincere. Some people are always kidding, so when you're not, it's going to seem annoying to them.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.

When I think of black television and history, I always use The Cosby Show as the bar.