It Was A Decision To Work Clean.

Every New Routine I Have Ever Written And Performed Probably Occurred Extemporaneously. Then After You Have Fleshed It Out And Tried It Out In Front Of A Number Of Audiences And It Works, You Put It Down On Paper.

Jack Benny Was, Without A Doubt, The Bravest Comedian I Have Ever Seen Work. He Wasn't Afraid Of Silence. He Would Take As Long As It Took To Tell The Story.

I Don't Want To Find The Secret. I'm Afraid All The Joy Will Go Out Of It If I Find The Secret.

Because Of The Spin-meisters And The Focus Groups And The Way Politics Is Run Now. It's Run By Polls And Focus Groups. So It's Even More True Today, I Think, Than It Was Some 40 Years Ago.

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.