Republicans study the financial pages of the newspaper. Democrats put them in the bottom of the bird cage.

Republicans raise dahlias, Dalmatians, and eyebrows. Democrats raise Airedales, kids and taxes.

Republicans sleep in twin beds - some even in separate rooms. That is why there are more Democrats.

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car.

I think you could go back to any filmmaker or musician or artist, and look at what their input was in their formative years, and you could trace all the lines.

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.