Alan King Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.”

“It's not easy being a father, but I've been allowed a comeback.”

“I can't stay friends with anyone who doesn't have a passion for something; and, generally speaking, artistic people, creative people carry it right into the kitchen, too. They have a zest for life; the excitement of living. All of the great eaters I've known are also men of great wit.”

“Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.”

“Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.”

“Smoked salmon is for dinner. Belly lox is for breakfast. Don't get that mixed up.”

“Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there isn't any one thing, one formula or kind of character that makes a great comedian. Everybody has had a different approach.”

“That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time. When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That's what the trees are all about.”

“You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.”

“There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.”