You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.

I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.

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

Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.

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!'

Tolstoy was the most gifted writer who ever lived. It's like he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even go through his mind on its way to the page.

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