Comedy Is Serious - Deadly Serious. Never,

Humor Keeps The Elderly Rolling Along, Singing A Song. When You Laugh, Its An Involuntary Explosion Of The Lungs. The Lungs Need To Replenish Themselves With Oxygen. So You Laugh, You Breathe, The Blood Runs, And Everything Is Circulating. If You Dont Laugh, Youll Die.

When I'm Writing A Script, I Don't Worry About Plot As Much As I Do About People. I Get To Know The Main Characters - What They Need, What They Want, What They Should Do. That's What Gets The Story Going. You Can't Just Have Action, You've Got To Find Out What The Characters Want. And Then They Must Grow, They Must Go Somewhere.

Being Brave Is Being Scared And Worried And Still Doing It [what You Do]. Because If You're Just A Wacko, A Mashugana, A Crazy Guy, Then You're Not Brave, Your Nuts!

An Egg Cream Can Do Anything. An Egg Cream To A Brooklyn Jew Is Like Water To An Arab. A Jew Will Kill For An Egg Cream. It's The Jewish Malmsey.

Merchandising, Merchandising, Where The Real Money From The Movie Is Made.