My parents loved comedies, so we saw Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Ritz Brothers, and the Marx Brothers. I wanted to be one of them. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who were in an environment, when they were young, where jokes were at a premium, or at least considered important to a life. My parents always listened to the comedy radio shows, we went to the comedy… — Carl Reiner Copy Share
I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Going through war and living is a very important process. You realize how vulnerable you are and how lucky you are to be in… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?" — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see if I could still type - I hadn't done it for four or five years after the war. So I typed out a page and I showed it to my wife and she said, "Where did you get… — Carl Reiner Copy Share
Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was not in… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Writing is the basis of all, because creating something that didn't even exist before is like taking an empty canvass. It is a wonderful thing to make something out of nothing. You've got an empty page, you've got an idea, and then you start typing and that is the most thrilling thing of all. And then if it becomes a… — Carl Reiner Copy Share
I only please myself. I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else and I don't have great… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
You can get the best out of people if they're happy and not worried or not frightened that they're going to make a mistake. — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
