The Giant Superstars Are People

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.

Marriage And Fatherhood Heighten The Disillusion That We All Think We Are Born Handy. We Confidently Believe That We Can Fix Things Around The House, As If It's Part Of The Collective Brain That Was Further Enhanced By Eighth-grade Shop Class.

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.

People With A Sense Of Humor Tend To Be Less Egocentric And More Realistic In Their View Of The World And More Humble In Moments Of Success And Less Defeated In Times Of Travail.

You Never Know When You'll Come Upon Something And It's Going To Be Fodder For New Material.