Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.

My whole act is confession.

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance.

Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.

We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture.

A hotel is a place that keeps the manufacturers of 25-watt bulbs in business.

I am careful with my material and presentation.

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

Getting started on writing a book isn't as hard as it sounds. You don't need a plan and an outline. In fact, all you need are two things: time and one idea.

Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey - I'm pretty sure - doesn't have a great sense of humor. I mean, let's be honest: she's ridiculous. What is her game plan?

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

The world is on fire, and I'm doing my best to help steer the firetruck.

My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.

Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose.

Nina knew the power of black and white images. Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.

The explorer is the person who is lost.