“The two party system just means that the corporations cut two checks instead of one.”

Marijuana is a very dangerous drug. Some people smoke it just once and go directly into politics.

A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn’t feel so great about ourselves, and we didn’t know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval.

You can’t hate anybody till you hate yourself and you can’t love anybody till you love yourself.

We have a presidential election coming up. And I think the big problem, of course, is that someone will win.

I get to sing a great song called “Proud of your boy” which was by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and they were so hurt when it had to be cut from the film [Aladdin].

You see, Hansel and Gretel don’t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut off. Just thought you’d like to know.

This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them.

Procrastinate strategically… Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.

In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.

This is my life, I thought…I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil

I’ve always thought comparisons were useless and ugly. It is a short cut to thinking.