Ive been to many funerals of funny people, and theyre some of the funniest days youll ever have, because the emotions run high. – Albert Brooks
All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because thats all people know how to do when theyre improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other. – Albert Brooks
Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasnt cool to say, at a young age, I want to be a comedian. – Albert Brooks
Twitter, to me, works if youre funny. Twitter doesnt work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally. – Albert Brooks
Only the explorer of steep and narrow trails inaccessible to cattle makes acquaintance with flowers in a grazing country. The large scale of all the physical features of California tends to monotony of vegetable life. The same trees cover miles of country. Only those who climb find variety. – Isabella G. Oakley, “Santa Barbara of Today,” in Sunset, May 1904