I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night.
He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours.
The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme.
My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.
Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; he wants to get rid of me.
I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people.
Stand-up keeps you on your toes because it's instant. With TV and movies, you have to wait for the numbers to come in to see what happened at the box office. With stand-up, it's right there, that night, in your face.
Chow Mo Wan: He didn't turn back. It's as if he boarded a very long train headed for a drowsy future through the unfathomable night.
Bernadette: How long is the run? Tick: Four weeks. Equity minimum, two shows a night, accommodation included.
Karen Richards: Where were we going that night, Lloyd and I? Funny, the things you remember and the things you don't.
Carol: Oh, no, not me. Not old Carol. The night is young and I'm not hittin' the rack till I get a little action.
Street Pickup: Why don't you just go home? Paul Hackett: Pal, I've been asking myself that all night.
Paul Hackett: Is Marcy here? Kiki: She had to go to the all-night drugstore. Paul Hackett: Is she all right? Kiki: It's under control.
[From trailer] Tony Stark: N way we all get through this... Steve Rogers: I got no plans tomorrow night.
Young Ed Bloom: It was that night I discovered that most things you consider evil or wicked are simply lonely, and lacking in the social niceties.
Alicia: Who are you talking too? Nash: The Garbageman Alicia: Garbagemen don't come at night. Nash: [Hearing the Garbageman outside] Guess around here, they do.
Buck Swope: See this system here? This is Hi-Fi... high fidelity. What that means is that it's the highest quality fidelity.
Dirk: Aren't you gonna take your skates off? Rollergirl: I never take my skates off.
[Rollergirl scratches her crotch] Amber Waves: What's going on down there? Rollergirl: I have to go pee. Amber Waves: Well, pee then.
Dirk: I can't. I just can't get it hard. I just can't. I'm sorry. Surfer: You shouldn't do this sorta thing, faggot.
Buck Swope: [to his pregnant wife] How's my little kung fu fighter? Jessie St. Vincent: He's kicking ass inside my stomach.
