A biography for Larry Davidhasn’t been written yet.
“I like to be quiet, and let people find me rather than having to shout at them.”
“The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.”
“Let's not forget, I got divorced.”
“It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time.”
“I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized.”
“Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious.”
“All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.”
“And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.”
“I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.”
“You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.”
“I'm cranky.”
“I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.”
“I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.”
“Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.”
“People don't yell nasty things at actors - they let them continue.”
“You write about what you know.”
“Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish.”
“OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.”
“Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.”
“Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.”