Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were.

It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to the public to claim credit for it.

When you're the mom in a big family comedy, you have to get your personality when you can.

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

My comedy routines have always been about the health of the nation.