Garry Shandling

“Men who betray women also betray other men. Women shouldn't feel so special.”

“I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.”

“I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.”

“I'm proud of Larry Sanders and proud of every single person who went on that journey. It's a very special show to me, and I've learned a lot of lessons from it. I need to find something where I can learn some more lessons, and then I'll do that project.”

“I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.”

“The art of boxing is seeing spaces and being able to take shots. The hitting and being hit have to become one. Your reactions have to be so in the moment. There's no time to think.”

“Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.”

“I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.”

“Some people think the world will end in 2012. I think we've got until 2014. I'm an optimist.”

“Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship.”

“Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?”

“I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.”

“I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.”

“You know it's funny that none of the regular late-night shows now use guest hosts the way Johnny did. No one talks about it much, but it's curious that they don't do it. They would each have to be asked the reason why they don't.”

“It takes me so long to get tired of a man. It's women that are the problem. Don't get me wrong. I think men have their problems just as much as women.”

“I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.”

“That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?”

“I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.”

“I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.”

“I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.”