I was crazy about silent comedy - in the old days, and crazy about Japanese movies.

Very hard to get an audience. So if you're going to fill the theatre, you can't just rely on old stuff.

If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.

When you want to have entertainment, it must be a waste of time. I don't like that. I don't like improvisation being pointless.

I think my brain is much more intelligent than I am...so I tend to trust it.

Most people I meet are secretly convinced that they’re a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to maintain their own shields, but not the energy expended by other people. They understand that their own sanity is a performance, but when confronted by other people they confuse the person with the role.

I see a great lack of stories around. I bought six literary magazines and looked through them to see what people were doing. There wasn't a story in them. They were all about how poetic the feelings of the author were.