The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.

You learn about life by the accidents you have, over and over again, and your father is always in your head when that stuff happens. Writing, most of the time,…

One of the great American tragedies is to have participated in a just war. It's been possible for politicians and movie-makers to encourage us we're always goo…

1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound like yourself. 6. Say what you mean to say. 7.…

After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. …

Comedy is rebellion against that kind of piety which we may call the False Piety...against hypocrisy, against pretense, against falsehood and humbug and bunk a…

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.