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.

Don't ever have two dogs. That way you won't know which one to blame.

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.

Funny is funny is funny.

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

As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.