Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.

Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.

There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything at the Actor's Studio. But nevertheless, she felt that it impeded her.