It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.

We mock the things we are to be.

I like people with big talents and small neuroses - not always an easy combination to find. I've discovered that if the neurosis is too big, it diminishes the talent and you wind up working too hard for what you get.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

Let's have a merry journey, and shout about how light is good and dark is not. What we should do is not future ourselves so much. We should now ourselves. "Now thyself" is more important than "know thyself." Reason is what tells us to ignore the present and live in the future. So all we do is make plans. We think that somewhere there are going to be green pastures. It's crazy. Heaven is nothing but a grand, monumental instance of future. Listen, now is good. Now is wonderful.

Good taste is the enemy of comedy.