I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

Imitations only better the original.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven.

In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.