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Films Are Big Hits When They Touch A Lot Of People. Things Are Not Funny In A Vacuum, They're Funny Because We Respond To Some Personal Dislocation, Some Embarrassment, Some Humiliation, Some Pain We've Suffered, Or Some Desire We Have.

You Can Perceive Life As Tragic, Or You Can Laugh At The Tragedy Of It And That Turns It Into Comedy. It Doesn't Change The Circumstances.

Whatever Bliss We Think We're Going To Find, We May Find It In Brief Flashes, Fleeting Moments That Come And Go. There's An Impossibility To Nailing Down Any Good Feeling.

I'm A Writer-director-actor, Which I've Always Kind Of Enjoyed. I Compared It To The Olympic Biathlon. "not Only Can He Cross-country Ski, But He's A Terrific Marksman As Well." I Want People To Say, "you Mean That Writer Performed A Tracheotomy?" That's Right, I Do Everything.

The Child Says, "well Geesh, The Institutions That I'm Supposed To Respect - The Church And The Government - They're Telling Me Things That Don't Appear To Be True. Either I'm Crazy Or They're Crazy." That Creates The Absurd Child. The Absurd Child Is One Who Says, "well, I Think They're Crazy." So You Live In This State Of Alienation From Your Culture And Your Society And Your Family Because You See This Rampant Bullshit Around You.