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

You're young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don't have any dementia or Alzheimer's, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right.

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

I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.