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

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

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

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.

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.

Though it sold very well, I hated "The Edge."

Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.