If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.

I would like to do my own eulogy, and then shoot myself and then get in the coffin.

The English contribution to world cuisine: the chip.

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.

I think it takes a long time, as you get older, to realize just how crazy the world is, just how ridiculous it all is.

I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though.