Joan Rivers is 80 and she's fantastic. She lives in mortal fear of not filling that 1,500-seat room.

My radio show, I'd show up, I'd read the data, and I would have sound bites and stuff like that.

The allure becomes, "Can I make these rooms bigger?" Can I fill these 1,500-seat rooms? Then the allure is, how much, if we're being honest, how much can I squeeze out of it financially?

I'm telling you, I could teach at a university, [George] Carlin, a whole semester. The construction and deconstruction of the words, the language, the order.

I'm oddly not competitive. What I love about show business is there is a home for everyone.

Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.

It's always a job when you're the reason they're assembling. If you're just doing shows and you're on a lineup with eight other guys, it's fun, it's great.