Writing is simply one thought after another dying upon the one before.

One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.

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

The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on a banana peel and falling on your ass. You got to move the audience a little further ahead in terms of their appreciation of what is comedy. It's complicated.

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.

Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels.

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.