I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.

If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.

The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.