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“The revelation that personal truth can be the foundation of comedy, that outrageousness can be cleansing and healthy…”
“The act of creation fascinates me. You can only sit with blank page and wait. You cannot press a button, cannot program it.”
“Everything comes out of smoke and mist and nothingness, a mystical happening…”
“Liked" was the kiss of death. "Loved" or "hated" interested him. At least the performer had aroused emotion.”
“Maybe that is why in my comedy I try and puncture the hypocrisy all around us, why it is almost a crusade with me to strip life down to what really is true.”
“…but I think comedy is more aggressive than that. It is a medium for revenge. We can deflate and punish the pomposity and the rejection which hurt us. Comedy is power.”
“…you either do or do not have a comedy mind, whatever that is, maybe a heightened sense of the ridiculous and the absurdity of life…We are all crazy and crazed.”
“Well, I didn't really know what to say. So maybe I should say that I have thought about you and I like you, I like seeing you, I care for you and maybe I love you too. And the next time if you tell...”
“It happened every single day in Brooklyn: awaken to fresh glory, fall asleep to blight and ruin.”
