When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's not one special effect. But very rarely do these things fuse and come out right.

I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.

I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?

The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.

Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.

Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius.

Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'