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.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you open to my ideas

I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?

There's nothing good on the television; let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.

The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else.

Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.

In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.