You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy.

If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit - if it's solving that part of your brain saying, 'I need to do this,' you've won.

I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.

I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.

I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.

The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.

I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.