I hope I'm beginning a new cycle of energy and creativity. If so, it'll really be my third career. The first was as a straight comic in the Sixties. The second was as a counterculture performer in the Seventies. The third will be...well, that's for others to judge.

If you nail a tool shed closed, how do you put the hammer away?

Dogs and cats get put to sleep; hogs and cows get slaughtered.

My mother and I had a lot of distance between us emotionally, although, on the surface, most of the time, we appeared good and friendly, and all that. But I was a problem. I was a street kid.

When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to hear '27 months.' 'He's two' will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't really care in the first place.

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

Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breaths away.