Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of
meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue. I am thankful for laughter, except when
milk comes out of my nose.
As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree,"
probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
Death is one of the few things
that can be done as easily lying down.
I am not afraid of death, I just
don't want to be there when it happens.
In California, they don't throw
their garbage away - they make it into TV shows
I can't listen to that much
Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
I will not eat oysters. I want my
food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead.
I don't want to achieve
immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
Time is nature's way of keeping
everything from happening at once.
If you want to make God laugh,
tell him about your plans.
Life is full of misery,
loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.