I Like When The Ice Gets Thin,

It Was Well After College That I Learned About Depression. I Got My First Job For Jack Paar. I Realized I Was Sleeping 14 Hours A Day And Just Living For The Paar Show.

Electronic Devices Dislike Me. There Is Never A Day When Something Isn't Ailing.

All Three Of My Parents - I Also Had A Stepmother - Were Teachers, And My Dad Taught High School, And As He Always Reminded Me When I Was Going To Spend Some Money On Something, 'your Mother And I, In The Depression, Had To Decide Whether To Spend A Dime On A Loaf Of Bread Or If We Could Go To A Movie With It.'

Statistically, I'd Say Comedy Writers Are Perhaps The Sanest Category Of Show People. And Why Not? They Make Big Money, And Although It's Not An Easy Trade - Particularly When You're At Your Galley Oar Five Days A Week - It's Easier On The Nerves And The Psyche Than Living With The Brain-squeezing Pressure And Cares Of Being The Star.

History Is Not Reassuring On The Subject Of The Longevity Of Seemingly Lasting Great Nations, Is It?