"And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous."

"My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone."

"I never thought about being famous."

"And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor."

"In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future."

"In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two."

"One of my kids keeps on saying that he wants to be a paleontologist, but first he wants to make a time machine, so he can go back and save the dinosaurs."

"It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing."