As far as a job, actors get treated a lot better than writers so I definitely prefer acting. A writer has to make his own coffee and an actor has somebody bring them coffee.

I've been a comedian for a long time so writing and performing is a big part of what I do. If anybody's doing comedy they should also work on writing.

Figuring out a way to use humor to deal with important issues I think is very important. Laughter is a great diffuser.

When you are busy with living your life, age can never find you to make her mark.

The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart.

Whether or not you write well, write bravely.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

The battle for evolution seems never-ending. And the battle is part of a wider war, a war between rationality and superstition.

Democracies don't go to war.

I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.

You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.

Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.