Garry Shandling

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive. ”

I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front. ”

I started boxing for exercise, and on the very first day, the trainer got in the ring with me and said, 'Whoever controls the breathing in the ring controls the fight.' I immediately passed out. ”

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate. ”

I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen. ”

I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest. ”

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large. ”

Dogs are not people. Be leery of any woman who refers to her dogs as her 'kids,' because you'll only end up paying for their schooling. ”

The art of boxing is seeing spaces and being able to take shots. The hitting and being hit have to become one. Your reactions have to be so in the moment. There's no time to think. ”

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders. ”