Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers.

Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, 'Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not?' But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony.

I get along so much better with fundamentalist Christians than I do with wishy-washy liberals, who want everyone to get along.

If you like the stuff I do, my chances of liking you go up.