I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Life is about having a good time.

I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles.

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

I think that of most leaders in religion as power brokers. They give orders, in a sense, to an audience every week, and that's where the definition of God starts.

I was the laziest white kid my dad ever met.