I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?

I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.

I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.

A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first [compost] heap.

If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.