Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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?

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?