If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
ALAN KINGMilton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
More Alan King Quotes
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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