I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.

I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.

I developed several comedy phone calls.

The most unusual salesman I ever met is a fellow who made a modest fortune purveying lightning rods. But he suddenly lost interest in his work. He got caught in a storm with a bunch of samples in his arms.

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.

If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, 'This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water?' And eventually he dies of thirst.