My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.

Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

Any man's greatness is a tribute to the nobility of all mankind, so when we celebrate the genius of [Leo] Tolstoy, we say, "Look! One of our boys made it! Look what we're capable of!"

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.