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My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once.
If you want to devote yourself to the arts, you'd better do it strictly from passion, because there is zero guarantee that you'll get anywhere. The hardest thing is dealing with business people who have nothing to do with your art. They could care less that you're up at 4:30 in the morning writing a joke. Don't expect any sympathy from anybody.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
I read somewhere that when I go on stage, people realize that they're not me and they feel better. When I walk off the stage, people know who I really am. I'm not saying it's great comedy, cool comedy or better comedy - but that's what I do, and I do it first for myself.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes or premises.
My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.
My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
My parents were my worst audience.
I didn't ever feel close to my real family. I didn't feel validated; I never felt right because I was always wrong.
There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection ...
My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous.
My humor is channeling everything through my brain. For example, when I talk about something, it's how Richard Lewis feels about it. I'm a storyteller. I do a lot of free association.
Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.
When I started out, I struggled, and I was broke a lot. But I'm glad I struggled, and I'm glad I was broke a lot.
I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.
