Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.

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

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

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'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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 -...

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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...

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

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

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not...

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not...