The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.

I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.

A friend of mine once asked how to make it in show business and I said "Be so good that they can't ignore you." She thought I was being flip but it's true. The challenge is trying to live up to the opportunities given me.

I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.

After one of my plays came out, I had mixed reviews, some bad and some good. One day, it dawned on me. I thought, 'I wrote a play and he wrote a review, and that's the difference between him and me.'

Hello. I'm hello, and I'd like to say myself.