If a culture doesn\'t allow you to laugh at the leaders or at things that your eyes and ears tell you are actually happening, that\'s not good.

When Sinead O\'Connor tore up the picture of the Pope, you could hear a pin drop. I didn\'t know it was coming, obviously, because at dress, she had held up a picture of Balkan orphans, which I thought was really meaningful and what she wanted to do.

I\'m always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don\'t laugh. It\'s involuntary. I\'m not saying it can\'t be scrutinized, it\'s just that they take the enjoyment out of it.

All babies are ugly unless they\'re your baby.