Every new routine I have ever written and performed probably occurred extemporaneously. Then after you have fleshed it out and tried it out in front of a number of audiences and it works, you put it down on paper.

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.

The reason I'm a psychologist is based in part on my telephone routines. Much of my humor comes out of reaction to what other people are saying. A psychologist is a man who listens, who is sympathetic.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

I feel more comfortable in comedy.

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