Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped.

I don't like the fact that most black people or black comedians have to present themselves in a flamboyant way. It's good if you can do that, but I don't like to think that's the way all black comedians are. I'm not that type.

Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped.

This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the ghetto except getting out of one.

When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself.

You must not be afraid of small bits of silence. To use it well is the height of confidence and skill for a comedian. It increases the tension in a good way and adds contrast like a curveball complements the fastball of a good pitcher.

A technique I developed quite naturally to help me make smooth transitions was to use a word or phrase from the next routine in the preceding one.