Any comic like myself owes everything he has to Lenny Bruce. He was the originator. The godfather of uncensored American stand-up is clearly Lenny Bruce.
What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.
You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.
I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.
I don't use any of the terminology like 'left wing' and 'right wing.' I use language like 'godly' and 'holiness.'
Getting to work at Lick was like being touched by the wand of your fairy godmother.
Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.
For our anniversary, my wife and I went to see Godzilla, and then we ate at Barnyard Venice, and it was like, 'We are crazy! The Kardashians have to keep up with us!'
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it.
I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.
My wife is the expert, but I like art particularly. I like Van Gogh.
I felt like it was inevitable that I was going to fail in life and die young. So I was frantically scrambling to document my stunts and pack my message into a bottle. I thought maybe I could be discovered after I'd died, like Van Gogh.
I read certain things about history. I don't like fiction. I read about stuff that's real, stuff that's goin' on in the world.
I don't like going away from my children.
I felt like I was going crazy as a kid. I wanted to be man, get a job.
I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.
The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'
I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.
Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.
Going home must be like going to render an account.
