I've never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt.

Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.

Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.

If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, "Hey, when do the broads come on?" I got good at saying, "Relax. Clear your skin up first." They called me "the insult guy," but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.