There's usually nothing in a guy's joke in which we have to understand what's going on in someone else's mind.
Robert MankoffHumor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.
Robert MankoffCartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes.
Robert MankoffThere is humor that's just whimsy, that we smile at, but the humor that we laugh at, someone has to be - someone's dignity has to be reduced.
Robert Mankoff