We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

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

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.

My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's.