We were totally opposite - me coming from the West Coast and a junior college, and him [ Christopher Reeve] from the hard-core Ivy League. He used to be the studly studly of all studlies, and I was the little fool ferret boy.

On rides you see things that trigger ideas. And most the time it's just not doing anything but riding ... letting it all go.

It is hard to find something where you can go off as much as I do in stand-up, but I think stand-up allows me that freedom where you can really go off and have a good time.

Cocaine for me was a place to hide. Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down. Sometimes it made me paranoid and impotent, but mostly it just made me withdrawn.

You'd think all of these "atypical" somethings would add up to a typical something

Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.