A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.

We definitely have our finger on the pulse. You have to keep up. We decide what to watch by what's funny.

If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke.

Yo! Hold my poodle!

Suffering just means you’re having a bad dream. Happiness means you’re having a good dream. Enlightenment means getting out of the dream altogether.

Caution others, only if your cautioning does not hurt them. If it does, then do not caution them.

I will be forever grateful to Dora Brooking, for not only spotting my light bulb but also helping me turn up the wattage.

Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in.

The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat".

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig's tail you can never make a good shaft.]

Before every great opportunity God gave me a great trial.

I only like to write shows that I feel like no one has seen before.

You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.

Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.