My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
ALAN KINGIf you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
More Alan King Quotes
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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