You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.