I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker.

Thrilled that Gov. Romney enjoys my old character. I enjoyed the character he used 2 b 2. If he'd embrace that again, he'd b a great candidate.

Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know.

I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee.

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.

Boston was a great town to go to college in. Maybe that's why there's so many colleges there. I love the town, and I loved Boston University.

It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.

I think with challenge comes a little more fun.

Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.

People this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live.

In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.

You will never get to your destination on time if choose to walk two paths through life.

At some point, you're no longer growing up, you're aging. But no one can pinpoint that moment exactly.

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I'm a grown up, they call me a writer.

I am grateful, and would thank the Gods(if there were any to thank) that I have finally mastered this art of forgetting--of murdering the memory.

Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself

If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

The Family is the salt of the earth and the light of the world, it is the leaven of society.