There's great value in being able to step back and laugh at yourself, at life and at attitudes. Laughter helps you put everything into perspective.
Interview with The Boston Globe (1989)
When you trick people into laughing at themselves, that's wit. If you don't laugh at yourself, everything becomes heavy.
Interview with The Boston Globe (1989)
Isolation makes you sensitive. As a kid, I felt I was the only person who was like that. But there's a good side to isolation. It makes you sensitive, and sensitivity is part of the creative process.
Interview with The Boston Globe (1989)
As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.
It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider (2005)