"The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat."

“I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.”

“If this isn't the Fat Lady singing, it's awful close to that. If Ari seriously thought she was a contender for the presidential nomination, he would not walk away right now.”

“Most disquieting reflection of all, was it not bad form to think about good form?”

“I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.”

“I suppose I would like to be remembered as one of the funniest men that people have seen on television.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“There's definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you're so eclectic.”

“Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.”

Source : "I'm not an interesting celebrity. I don't snort cocaine or wear women's underwear" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2007.

“You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.”

Source : Holly Lisle (1992). “Fire in the Mist”, Baen Books