The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.

All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.

I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.

It's good to be the king.

I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.

Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.

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.