The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that it's coming quickly.

No creative writer knows what is commercial and what isn't. You just write from your heart, you write from the deepest, creative urges in you, and you write from your soul, and you just either get lucky or not.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a social setting and criticizes it without - I suspect - without letting himself be vulnerable to it.

My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.

The only weapon I've got is comedy

I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the musical highlights in it to carry it.