Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the way it is.

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.

Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.

More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth.