Shelley Berman

“I just sit down and write. I never know when. The most recent one is 'Sarah Still,' which is about our life, Sarah and me. It's my favorite of all my poems.”

“'Inside' was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience.”

“The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance.”

“I was an actor before becoming a comedian.”

“I will always love to perform standup comedy.”

“I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.”

“I've got these two wonderful people who run my web site and put me on Facebook. They didn't even ask me. I'm very appreciative of it.”

“While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun.”

“Though it sold very well, I hated 'The Edge.'”

“I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.”

“My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's.”

“My whole act is confession.”

“The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.”

“The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.”

“I don't know the accident of still being married. I was the worst human being. But we were, I guess, in love. So much has happened to us to bring us together and keep us together.”

“'Outside' came in '60. 'The Edge' in '61. All three made Gold, but the biggest seller was 'Inside.'”

“As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.”

“I am in the Master of Professional Writing program teaching Humor Writing, Literary and Dramatic.”

“Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.”

“As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.”