Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money.

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.

Because of their cuisine, Germans don't consider farting rude. They'd certainly be out of luck if they did.

When a private entity does not produce the desired results, it is (certain body parts excepted) done away with. But a public entity gets bigger.

Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation therapy," and "being a recovered bulimic."

The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television, and Bullshit

Especially with a magazine like Lampoon, which was very dependent on newsstand sales. Our readers didn't usually occupy the same address long enough to get a subscription, because they were in college, or they were hippies. So it was very up-and-down, and we had to calculate how many to print, which was always sort of a headache from a business point of view.