If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her place in the Hall of Comedy as the First Lady. I will miss her.

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

People enjoy sitting back knowing they won't hear a lot of four-letter words.

I spend a lot of time thinking of the Hereafter - each time I enter a room I wonder what I'm here after.

As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists.

Why do you do what you do? Why do you dress the way you dress?Why do you do what you do with your time? Why do you watch what you watch on TV or at the movies or on the computer? Do you have God-glorifying reasons for all of it?