It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in.

I love existing in pre big bang conditions.

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

I want to talk about the nature of human beings or how we're evolving as a race.

Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.

I prefer older people to college kids [as audience] for the most part. I want people with life experience, people that understand where I'm coming from.

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.