I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed.

The real terrorist threats are George W. Bush and his band of brown-shirted thugs.

I get happier every day. I have a sense of accomplishment every day of my life.

I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have.