In football the object is to march into enemy territory and cross his goal. In baseball the object is to go home.

I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.

That's basically what the drive is: "I want to be famous, I want to be noticed, and I want to be approved of." That's basically what you're after. "Give me attention, give me applause, give me an audience. A. A. A. Straight As." That's all you're looking for.

Obviously, there are people who constrict themselves and build walls around themselves, whether it's from a moral standpoint or a patriotic standpoint, or just plain old conformity, and who therefore live in those little prisons, and when things breach those walls, it's shocking for them.

I have a lot of things [in me] that are childlike and innocent and sweet.

Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense!

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?