I Loved Writing And Performing, But The

As An Actor, You're Completely At The Mercy Of Other People. You Basically Go Begging For The Opportunity To Work. As A Writer, At Least Nobody Can Tell Me What To Do. I Can Write What I Want. I Might Not Sell It, But At Least I'm In Control.

Billy Crystal Knows How To Make People Laugh. He's Got 30 Years On Stage... There's No Telling Him What's Funny.

You Can't Love Somebody Into A State Of Mental Health.

I Realized That My Righteous Indignation Was A Form Of Entertainment For Me. I Loved Getting Pissed Off At Injustice. I Didn't Do Anything About It, I Just Liked The Feeling Of Being Pissed Off.

A Friend Of Mine Is Trying To Do A Documentary Where He Brings Jewish And Arab Comedians To Occupied Territories In Israel. He Wants To Do Shows As A Way Of Finding Some Comedic Common Denominator. When He Proposed The Idea To One Of The Officials At The Jenin Refuge Camp, The Guy Just Stared At Him And Said, "this Is Not A Joke To Us. We Don't Think That Laughing Is The Answer."