Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

One of the most scariest thing in life is when you come to the realization that the only thing that can save you is...yourself

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

You know the little camel on the pack of cigarettes? They just found out that's not even a camel. It's actually a horse with a big, old tumor growing out of its mouth.

Thoughts jostled for space in my crowded brain as I struggled to give them some order which might serve to motivate my listless life

We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.

It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.

I read the script [Havenhurst] and I went to bed, but I woke up because somebody had knocked on my door. Or at least it seemed like somebody knocked on my door at, like, 4 in the morning.

I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and people better watch out - I will gallop.

On adultery: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?

All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.