All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war.

Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage.

I quit school in ninth grade, even though I was good at the studies. I knew I didn't need school for what I wanted.

Test of Metal: Will of Iron, Nerves of Steel, Heart of Gold, Balls of Brass.

The person who is most a part of me is the performer, is the standup, the guy who says, "Hey look at me, listen to this!" I do that because that's what I do, I love doing it.

When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are.

Brenda [Carlin] went into therapy and I soon joined her. First we put the drugs behind us, then we began serious work on our relationship. And, in time, we got well together.She just drove through a hotel lobby. Now, that's bottoming out.