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" I didn't ever feel close to my real family. I didn't feel validated; I never felt right because I was always wrong. "
Wrong
Right
Real
" If you want to devote yourself to the arts, you'd better do it strictly from passion, because there is zero guarantee that you'll get anywhere. The hardest thing is dealing with business people who have nothing to do with your art. They could care less that you're up at 4:30 in the morning writing a joke. Don't expect any sympathy from anybody. "
People
Passion
Morning
" I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say. "
Famous
Love
Say
" I'm psyched-up when I do radio. I can reach hundreds of thousands of people in a market. And way psyched-up when I'm on television. For people not to take it seriously is foolish. "
Seriously
Reach
People
" I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing. "
Never
Humor
Were
" I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back. "
Funny
Back
Trying
" I read somewhere that when I go on stage, people realize that they're not me and they feel better. When I walk off the stage, people know who I really am. I'm not saying it's great comedy, cool comedy or better comedy - but that's what I do, and I do it first for myself. "
Great
Cool
Walk
" Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call. "
Sort
Call
Duck
" My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show. "
Progress
Show
Work
" My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once. "
Grandmother
Things
Worry
" My humor is channeling everything through my brain. For example, when I talk about something, it's how Richard Lewis feels about it. I'm a storyteller. I do a lot of free association. "
Free
Humor
Brain
" My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed. "
Level
Risen
Performance
" My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous. "
Jealous
Independent
Beautiful
" There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment. "
Narcissism
Entertainment
Healthy
" When I started out, I struggled, and I was broke a lot. But I'm glad I struggled, and I'm glad I was broke a lot. "
Glad
Broke
Lot
" When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes or premises. "
Doing
Want
Started
" When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life. "
Days
Funny
Life
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