Why are sex and violence always linked? I'm afraid they'll blur together in people's minds - sexandviolence - until we can't tell them apart. I expect to hear a newscaster say, "The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex."

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.

Great humorists are great insulters.

Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy.

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