“I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.”
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I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.
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We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.
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I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
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