Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. - Stephen Leacockof Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.

People usually go through a bad period when they first get successful. You're new and you're hot and things go wrong.

To people who want to be rich and famous, I'd say, "Get rich first and see if that doesn't cover it."

Harold Ramis and I together did the ‘National Lampoon Show’ off Broadway, ‘Meatballs,’ ‘Stripes,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day.’ He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.

I'm not an alcoholic, I only drink two times a year. When it's my birthday, and when it's not my birthday.

I've retired a couple of times. It's great, because you can just say, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I'm retired.'

My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins the award and I stand up and go, 'That's it-let's get the hell outta here.'