But when you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment. No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. That's when new ideas can be implanted. If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a chance to grow.

Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky.

Anyone who's onstage is going to attract a certain number of misguided people. But I was never very interested in groupies. Instead of thinking about the sex, I'd always think about the clap and the crabs those people have.

The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes.

I was taken to the hospital for observation. I stayed several days, didn't observe anything, and I left.

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.

What exactly is 'viewer discretion'? If viewers had discretion, most television shows would not be on the air.