I'm A Charming Coward; I Fight With

Inviting People To Laugh With You While You Are Laughing At Yourself Is A Good Thing To Do. You May Be A Fool But You're The Fool In Charge.

Comedians Are Really Writers Who Don't Have Pens And Pencils About Them, But They Riff.

I've Done Everything I've Wanted To Do. I Have Three Children, I Have Grandchildren, I Have Books, I Did Movies, I've Directed Movies, I've Done Almost Everything I've Wanted To Do.

Writing Is The Basis Of All, Because Creating Something That Didn't Even Exist Before Is Like Taking An Empty Canvass. It Is A Wonderful Thing To Make Something Out Of Nothing. You've Got An Empty Page, You've Got An Idea, And Then You Start Typing And That Is The Most Thrilling Thing Of All. And Then If It Becomes A Movie Or Something Else That's A Plus, But The Original Writing Of It Is What's Very Exciting.

People Have A Comic Bent Or An Angularity To Their Thinking, And Those Are The People Who Make Jokes. And It's Usually People Who Were In An Environment, When They Were Young, Where Jokes Were At A Premium, Or At Least Considered Important To A Life. My Parents Always Listened To The Comedy Radio Shows, We Went To The Comedy Movies, And My Parents Appreciated Comedy. So Kids Listen And Follow What Their Parents Like.