A man will give up almost anything except his suffering. |
At the start, Connie wrote the Polly and Sybil roles, and she and I wrote Basil together, |
Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas. |
Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like, ... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all. |
He who laughs most, learns best. |
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. |
I had not seen it for a long time and was suddenly embarrassed to find that I was laughing more than anyone. |
I never watch the re-runs, |
I started to make harder jokes before anyone else did. And the producers would get anxious. They'd say, 'That's a little bit hard-edged, isn't it?' And I'd say, 'Let's just try it and see how the audience reacts. If they don't like it, let's cut it out.' And the audience roared with laughter, so I learned you could do this harder humor and people loved it. |
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires |
I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from. |
If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. |
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?' |
If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. |
is rooted in his gluttony. |