Now the freaks are on television, the freaks are in the movies. And it's no longer the sideshow, it's the whole show. The colorful circus and the clowns and the elephants, for all intents and purposes, are gone, and we're dealing only with the freaks.

I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without being dirty.

You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended - I ended up doing comedy, writing and painting. I've had a ball. And as I get older, I just become an older kid.

I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces.