My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.

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.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

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 couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

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.

My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.