We were sitting watching television, had finished a nice dinner, everything was fine. Other people were in serious trouble. Then suddenly, we were moving,

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters out front; and they came away thinking that was me.

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

How do you tell how a man has been funny? How do you do the sound of his voice? The turn of his face? But I will tell you he was as funny as any man I've ever seen.

When he was sitting with you, would he be witty? No,