I realised that all one really had to do was just observe. Observe and slightly exaggerate, and you had comedy. Instead of creating a mythical premise for a stupid joke, I found playing off truth got the best result.

When I was a little kid at home, I thought the whole world was Jewish. For years I thought Roosevelt was Jewish. I loved him. I thought of him as my father. I'm always stunned when I find out that people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?

Don’t be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party!

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

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

Organizations like the CIA and the FBI are still kind of supermen, kind of SS troops: We're blond and the best and everyone else should be incinerated. They don't know right from wrong. That's what makes a satire of these government bureaus really funny.

Now thyself is more important than “Know thyself.