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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real. ”
But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that. ”
I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone. ”
People say, 'When are you going to do serious stuff?' I look at them as though they were crazy. My serious stuff is my comedy. That's how I make my points. ”
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research. ”
Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom. ”
Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy. ”
I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition. ”
Our career had a sort of funny shape. ”
The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves. ”