Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.

Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me what to write. That may sound romantic, but that's how it feels.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

How long do you want to wait until you start enjoying life? When you're sixty-five you get social security.

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.