In talking to girls I could never remember the right sequence of things to say. I'd meet a girl and say, Hi, was it good for you too? If a girl spent the night, I'd wake up in the morning and then try to get her drunk.

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either laughs sincerely or they laugh automatically or they don't laugh. The thing that bothered me was that automatic laugh. I said, that's not real laughter.

I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.

The course was more plodding than heroic: I did not strive valiantly against doubters but took incremental steps studded with a few intuitive leaps.

I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.

With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook.