I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

Writing is simply one thought after another dying upon the one before.

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

Sir, I have seen your film and it is vulgar! Madame, my film rises below vulgarity.

I have been lucky that some critics joined the mob in loving something I've done, or in appreciating it. I've been lucky. But most of the critics don't like what the people like. I think they have a very strange job, and they are meant to criticize.

Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels.

Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm interested, I listen. I watch a lot of new films, I see everything. I still read, I like books, whether they are old books, new books. I'm interested - you gotta stay interested!