“I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define.”

“I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine.”

“I am drawn to the mystery of marriage. You can never know what the contract is between two people, and that is a very strong subject. I think it may be my subject.”

“The greatest thrill is that moment when a thousand people are sitting in the dark, looking at the same scene, and they are all apprehending something that has not been spoken. That's the thrill of it, the miracle - that's what holds us to movies forever. It's what we wish we could do in real life.”

“My first memory in the world is my gym teacher ripping my mother's necklace off her neck and throwing it out the window and her running downstairs to go after it. I have no memory before that. I was 4. My father had a lot of girlfriends and my mother had a lot of boyfriends.”

“When we talk about reviews, what we are really talking about is just a market report - it's like reading about the new Lexus. You have to know what the guy writing the review cares about to understand his take. Does he like sports cars, or does he like Bentleys?”

“I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define.”

“Nerves provide me with energy. ... It's when I don't have them when I feel at ease that I get worried.”

“Nerves provide me with energy.... It's when I don't have them when I feel at ease that I get worried.”

“I spend my money...I don't know on what.”