You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.
I know you can be funny without being filthy.
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.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you.