The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But Ive had to learn a little bit about it. Its not rocket science: You get ratings, thats good. – Al Franken
And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book thats funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So theres all kinds of advantages to it. – Al Franken
Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. Ive been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, youre under pressure. – Al Franken
The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer