I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.
At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
I am driven out of fatherlands and motherlands. Thus I now love only my children's land, yet undiscovered, in the farthest sea; for this I bid my sails search and search.
What I've learned about comedy people is that they're defined by the harshest level they've been to, their personal Auschwitz.
And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard to say goodbye to. The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.
Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.