My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life are God and carpeting.

When I asked my mother where babies came from, she thought I said rabies. She said you get them from being bitten by a dog. The next week, a woman on my block gave birth to triplets... I thought she'd been bitten by a Great Dane.

Love may be the answer, but even though you're watching for the solution, intercourse raises some rather interesting thoughts.

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

Some people are funny, and some people are not funny. Many people who are not funny can make a living at it. You don't have to be great to make a living at it. Just like a doctor who doesn't have to be great can still make a living out of it.

To me, movies are valuable as an art form and as a wonderful means of popular entertainment. But I think movies have gone terribly wrong.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.