Robin Williams

It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!

I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.

Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.