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

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

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

Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.

I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.

If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible. If you're Jewish, you have a small smile on your face. Because you know the rest are wrong and you don't want to hurt their feelings.

An egg cream can do anything. An egg cream to a Brooklyn Jew is like water to an Arab. A Jew will kill for an egg cream. It's the Jewish malmsey.