I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before.

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing.