That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do things then that you've never done before that are really funny.

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.

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

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

The World is insane. With tiny spots of sanity, here and there... Not the other way around!

Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.

When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.