I figure I'm just one of many people. I'm not that different from anybody else, and I don't have great language, highfalutin' language - I'm very ordinary. So I figure if I write about myself, other people with similar feelings… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
You'd only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you'd write about them or the people you have met casually. It's part of your life. — 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… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
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
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it. I wrote… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him.… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
When you denigrate people, they have two ways to fight back - with their fists and guns, or their mouths. And mouths are seemingly… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
