When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.

Every word you add dilutes the sentence.

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure

I started on television. I had five years of network television before I ever got up on a stage. The first thing I ever did was in 1967. This guy Bill Keene had a little talk show at noon, and Gary Owens took over for a week. He knew about this dummy bit I used to do, this ventriloquist thing, and I was on 'Keene at Noon.'

The Rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning.

Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.