I used to make my living by understanding people. And the way I learned to understand them was by observing them. I would sit in a train station or a bus station or a restaurant. And I would watch people. I would watch how they related to one another. I would try to get some insight into them and make them as predictable as I could in my mind.

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.

The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.

I created this character that I still have of a guy who is a little bit of a nincompoop - I'm poking fun at street hustlers. I didn't quite make as much money as one would gambling, but it was a lot safer.

In good comedy, the structure comes from truth and that weird eye that looks at the way life is.

I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.