Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

I will always try to be happy. I don’t think people really understand the value of happiness until they know what it’s like to be in that very, very dark place. It’s not romantic. Not even a little.

Jesus is magic, because he turned water into wine. I think he made the statue of liberty disappear in the 80s or something.

If you decide to do comedy that involves risk, risk means risk, and you can't complain of flesh wounds if you sit down at the table to play.

I don't really like saying "the gays"... I'm not sure why. I suppose I say "the Jews." but I don't say "the blacks." I guess because I'm a Jew for all intents and purposes and to group people together of which I am not one in such a casual way feels disrespectful.

In the big picture, life has a gap in it. It just does. You don't go crazy trying to fill it.

As soon as a women gets to an age where she has opinions and she's vital and she's strong, she's systematically shamed into hiding under a rock.