“I decided then and there never to become someone who told jokes when explanations were impossible.”
“Someone to whom jokes are never told soon contracts enthusiasm deficiency.”
“A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.”
“I never told a joke in my life.”
“Someone once told me a joke," he said. "I'd like to be a pacifist, but people keep getting in the way.' I made a decision to fight for my friend in prison. It was a deliberate decision. It isn't the only way-it's just something I decided.”
“This was pretty much when the Guards behind me decided they were going to try to make me do this. And that is when I decided I was going to be hitting someone again.”