I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.

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There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling...

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling...

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by -...

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by -...

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.