Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'

There's no people like show people.

Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.