It’s given many great performers their start, but more importantly, it’s killed thousands of barely talented people and it’s put them to death, and they’re now doing the jobs they’re built for.
People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.
Friendship is so weird. You just pick a human you’ve met and you’re like, ‘Yep, I like this one,’ and you just do stuff with them.
I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person.
Something wild can happen to anybody and I caution anybody that walks out on the street, just settle your accounts before you leave the house every day.
The studios don’t seem to foster good writing. They’re not so interested in that, but they’re more interested in what worked most recently. They’re definitely very serious about making money, and that’s not a wrong thing, but you don’t have to make money the same way all the time.
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood. I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are.
You had to keep the mood up; you had to keep the tempo up. You had to keep the feeling of, “Hey, we’re doing something that’s really exciting. It’s fun being with these people.” And the more fun you have, the better you do it.
You’re supposed to have one hand up and one hand down. As you’re trying to going up, you’re trying to pull someone up at the same time.
Harold Ramis and I together did the ‘National Lampoon Show’ off Broadway, ‘Meatballs,’ ‘Stripes,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day.’ He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.
If people really want to find you, they find you.
I’m a nut, but not just a nut.
Sometimes I snore, like when I get really tired.
Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It’s so challenging to live, and the people are so close among their own tribes, their own groups, that you can’t rule them all, you can’t get an accord from all of them.