Improvisation in general is good, and improvising material into themes, turning the material into something codified and repeatable, taught me scenic structure and dramatic gambits that work and things that are appealing both as a performer and an audience member, like you know, what does "want" really mean in a scene, and how do you achieve your want, and how is that expressed, and how do you achieve closure? Those are all things that I learned performing at the cabaret after just doing the same scenes over and over and over again over the years, with my own ability to change.

And if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself. And you will have only yourself.

Now we all know that Fidel Castro dressed up like Marilyn Monroe and gave JFK a case of syphilis so bad it eventually blew out the back of his head.

...why were you happier when you were a kid? Because you didn't know anything. The more you know, the sadder you get.

When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around with a quitter.

I'm not a truthiness fanatic, I'm truthiness's father.

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.