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.

When I was a little boy, I thought when I grew up I would talk Yiddish. I thought little kids talked English, but when they became adults, they would talk Yiddish like the adults did. There would be no reason to talk English anymore, because we would have made it.

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.

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