Randy Newman

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that.

Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.

America is not doctrinaire. It's hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable.

I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest woman.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.