This cowardly, back-tracking, fast-talking, slick character, to me, is probably the most imitated character and persona that's in comedy.

Scientists announced that they have located the gene for alcoholism. Scientists say they found it at a party, talking way too loudly.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

When all else fails there's always delusion.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'