The first time on stage is such a blur to me. I remember how it felt more than anything. I remember everything about the day before I went on stage -…

- Paul F. Tompkins

I like being around people who are good conversationalists, when there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, tha…

- Paul F. Tompkins

The thing I have to keep in mind and I try to keep in mind about myself, about anyone, is you do the best you can do at the time.

- Paul F. Tompkins

In the clubs, the entertainment and the restaurant business are at war with each other. You get crowds that are not the greatest, and it becomes like…

- Paul F. Tompkins

If the idea is you're working at a job solely to pay the bills because you have ambitions to do something else, if you're not actively trying to do t…

- Paul F. Tompkins

I do think I'm terrific at giving advice. Although in our hearts we usually know what we should do. It's rare that you get in a situation in life whe…

- Paul F. Tompkins

I think Jaws is one of those movies that, if it is on, I will watch it until it's finished.

- Paul F. Tompkins

To achieve the intimacy between performer and audience in storytelling, I feel like I have to let the audience in on my emotional state, not just, "H…

- Paul F. Tompkins

I love bad comedy more than I love good comedy, so I love open mics. Or I used to. But the thing that delights me more than anything else in an open-…

- Paul F. Tompkins