Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.

My show 'The Big House' was picked up; they flew me to New York. I'm about to step on stage to announce 's 'The Big House.' And a hand grabs my shoulder, 'Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.' It's a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can't.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

We don't always possess faith in the sense of having a clear embodiment of something to hang on to. The relationship between the intellect and faith is a very curious one. Sometimes the intellect can point us to faith, sometimes the intellect can stand in the way of faith. Sometimes, as St John of the Cross points out, we have to darken or blind the intellect in order to have faith.

I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.

Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire life turns.