I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee..

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself..

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers..

My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know wh….

Comedy is tragedy plus time..

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own..

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany..

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes..

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry..

My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away..

Comedy = tragedy + time..

Because nobody goes through life without a scar..

I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love..

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever….

My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run..

there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home..

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over you….

What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you..

I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling..

I think we're here for each other..

If you see a kid in school, who is a little shy ... that's when you should reach out. When you do, you are going to open up a flower and discover som….