Islam and Islamic values now have a level of immunity from comment and criticism in the Western world that Christianity has lost and Judaism has never had.
I couldn't play off people that I don't personally like.
I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.
More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter. ' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure. ' But that's the truth.
You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.
In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.
I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'
Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker. . . anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.
I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all. . . . a day. . . . . an hour.
your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but you cannot explain how it works. Certainly not to girls who stack up their firewood against the side of the house.
To live and love is a wonderful thing.