I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.
If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.
I write a lot in my head. I've never been driven to write things down.
It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.
A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC.
I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got reams of notes for.
I feel like I am always battling to keep my weight down.
For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in.
I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.
The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.
You are beautiful no matter what they say, remember words can´t bring you down
I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.
A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions.
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.
