Robin Williams

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.

There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said, a long time ago, he said, 'People--they'r e kinda like flowers, and it's been a privilege walking in your garden.' My love goes with you.

People would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, 'I don't have that button.'

I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?' And I said, 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.

I was a serious method actor until I visited this site.

I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.

What some folks call impossible is just stuff they haven't seen before.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.

The truth is, if anything, I'm probably addicted to laughter.

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when when the stars are strung across the velvety night. And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day... make a wish and think of me.

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're licensed to do that. It's an understood relationship. You walk on stage - it's your job.

Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award." The other is "You want fries with that?".

Death - to blink for an exceptionally long period of time.

Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.

Dreams don't deal in time. Time doesn't count.

The entire world will be in nuclear war, and only the Swiss will be going, 'what's that noise?'

But if there's love, dear... those are the ties that bind, and you'll have a family in your heart, forever.