We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.

I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

I'm a big believer that, in life, we can't succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.

When crossing someone's borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.