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.

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.

Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.

Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, 'Star Wars', and 'Star Trek'.

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.