I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
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I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?
For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Comedy is acting out optimism.
We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.
If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.
We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.
The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke. Don't tell me jokes - I have that. People also say the weirdest things, sometimes sarcastic things, and even evil things. They like to provoke to get a reaction.
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.
What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong.
If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?
The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I went through all that madness early on.
When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always thought he was going to last longer. I knew him as being really funny, but at the same time, he had a dark side.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
Carpe per diem - seize the check.
Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.
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