Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

I'm not used to getting good reviews.

I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time.

Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer.

Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.

My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers.

'Entourage' is a staple L.A.-based show, and people say it's pretty real, and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.

I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me.

I really don't go out every night to red-carpet events.

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.

I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?

I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

It's in my blood to tour. It's in my blood to get on the road. It's in my blood to go onstage.

People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves.

Serious and intense people, they drain you. But someone who's an idiot, like myself, they're fun. You either hate me or you love me.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

When you're a kid, all you really care about are Slurpees and Slip N Slide and riding your bike, and that's what I did.

Civilization can never be sustainable.

I kind of want to get the music back on a road it hasn't been on for a while. I want to promote the arts as part of the American diet.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

I think the greatest CEOs in the United States, business, anyway, are the ones you don't hear too much about.

People think that saving the planet or finding their place in that effort is a really overwhelming thought.

The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats.

I'm a huge Cure fan. I love the Cure. The scales being tipped to when they weren't on a major label compared to when they were seems pretty meaningless. I had the good fortune of having them go before me and seeing their careers, musically at least, lose something. Like a novel written by a dead hand.

The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.

You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.

In fact, the Iraqi foreign minister admitted in March 2003 that Iraqi funds were sent to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who attacked and killed innocent Israeli citizens, and also 12 Americans in Israel in 2003.

When the time comes to raise rates, I do think there will be some benefits that flow through to savers.

Coming out of college, back to New York, where I didn't really know that many people, I thought our world was very atomized.

When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.

One can fall into the 'soft bigotry of low expectations.'

What you learn is your personal treasure. No one can take it away from you.

If you take the hard facts of a failed relationship, it's pretty grim. But if you make an album out of it, and if the violins represent all the tears, you create something magical out of something very normal.

Live always in the best company when you read.

A friend is someone who is there for you when hed rather be anywhere else.

Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise.

If you want to do something you can do it! You just have to be focused and persistent.

I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

If anyone should do any pardoning. I should be the one pardoning the government for what they did to the Japanese-American people.