After months of speculation, the sitcom star Ellen DeGeneres admitted that yes, she's gay. Inspired by her courage, today, diet-guru Richard Simmons admitted that he is really, really, really, really gay.

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

There is a very prevalent tenet with youth, that good company is every thing desirable, and that bad is even better than none.

I never had any interest in sitcoms or motion pictures or anything like that.

The only two TV shows I saw do that, where they don't warm them up and you can really bomb, was Saturday Night Live - and that's why it gets a lot of heat, too. Obviously it gets criticism fairly, too. But a lot of it is because Lorne [Michaels] lets the audience decide and doesn't force them to laugh.

The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.