I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.

Charities are really good. To a certain extent, the ones you pick are arbitrary.

It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe who loves you personally. It's not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isn't it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required than the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you?

A famous monk once said, I don't always know what the right thing to do is, my Lord, but I think the fact that I want to please you pleases you.

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.

If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.