Robert Klein

“In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate.”

“Comedy has lost its eloquence.”

“My 1974 album 'Mind Over Matter' was a detailed thing about Watergate. I always had some righteous indignation.”

“There are certain families who absolutely incorporate their nanny as part of the family, and there are other people, and there are codes for this, when they call in, they say, 'I am really not looking for a friend.' It is clear they will not be members of the family.”

“Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.”

“I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in the family.”

“And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy.”