Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.

I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.

There are some people that will not pick up a phone and call you, but if you knock on a door and talk to them, they'll talk back to you.

These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make.

I take editing seriously. It's a joy to edit. I always hand a manuscript to several editors and can't wait to get back their notes and see what they've said. I don't criticize myself for making blunders here and there, because it's just natural. You write in chunks, and you may not remember that that sentence you wrote yesterday had the same word repeated three times. I do enjoy that. I love the feeling of repairing. Repairing is really nice.

I would like a wine. The purpose of the wine is to get me drunk. A bad wine will get me as drunk as a good wine. I would like the good wine. And since the result is the same no matter which wine I drink, I'd like to pay the bad wine price.

Awards mean nothing to comedians. What matters is the audience, how you're doing - artistically, for the most part - at that moment.