Hopefully standup will become special again.
In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.
Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.
Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.
We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
A question may be asked, 'Will mothers have their children in eternity?' Yes! Yes! Mothers, you shall have your children.
By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.