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I Don't Like The Phrase Shock Value. Surprise Is Essential In Comedy, And If People Are Shocked By What I Consider Merely Surprising, Then That's Their Shock. But There Is No Joke Without Surprise.

Censorship That Comes From The Outside Assumes About People An Inability To Make Reasoned Choices.

Comedy, I Figured, Was The Thing That Came To Me The Most Easily. Playing The Trumpet And Piano Took Practice. I Thought That Was A Waste Of Time. I'd Go Out On The Street Corner And Be Funny. In A Minute.

Marry An Orphan: You'll Never Have To Spend Boring Holidays With The In-laws.

The Women Who Line Up At A Comic's Dressing-room Door Are Not What You'd Call Your Class Groupies.