The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on a banana peel and falling on your ass. You got to move the audience a little further ahead in terms of their appreciation of what is comedy. It's complicated.
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.
Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.