Art is supposed to punch you in the brain, and it's supposed to stay punched.

When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East Side with my notebook. I would stop at the guitar place on St. Mark's and talk to that dude for a while, then I'd go to the bookstore and talk to that dude for a little while. I had a guy over at the record store, and I'd talk to him for a while. It kept me connected to life.

I have a very primitive sense that if I just turn on a radio or the television, that somebody's playing that stuff for me.

There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.

They used to have a smoking section at most airports. No more. They now have these glass-encased rooms. You're not just a smoker, you're an example to other people. You're an exhibit at a futuristic zoo.

There's nothing more horrifying than the possibility or the idea that you will just fade away into obscurity.

Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap.