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Why would they have gone to the trouble to hire the best comedy writers in the business to write funny material for us to play straight, if the children in our audience were the only audience.

Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.

Anyone you give a ton of money to is going to go slightly crazy. I don't think comedians are particularly special in that regard; they just are better or more vocal in their expressions of their craziness.

Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don't like something, they let you know - with silence.

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.

Having worked as both comedian and crime writer, the one thing I know is that both involve the delivery of a performance.

When I started, you didn't make a lot of money by being a comedian. You didn't get a lot of respect.

Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.