The dividend I get [from my compulsion] is the freedom to be totally disorderly in my dreamworld.

There are ten thousand people in the United States in a persistent vegetative state. Just enough to start a small town. Think of them as veggie-burghers.

I became a guy who wanted to be a comedian someday, or a comic actor. The way I put it was, I'll be like Danny Kaye. He was kind of the model I had in mind.

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

Suppose I could shoot myself in the mouth, but what if I miss? People will laugh at me.

My father and mother separated when I was two months old.

I'm not a person who thinks they can have it all, but I certainly feel that with a bit of effort and guile I should be able to have more than my fair share.