It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off.

It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material.

For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.

The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib.

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.