I have Peter O’Toole’s autograph on a first-edition copy of his autobiography that I acquired under false pretenses. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
I love words, and I love that there’s so many words available to make a point and to create a picture. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
I long ago vowed, as Batman did before me, never to make fun of stuff that people couldn’t help. Because it’s (1) easy and (2) not fair. There are plenty of things that people have complete control over that are worthy of ridicule. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
Nobody held a gun to my head and forced me to write recaps about the tenth season of ‘American Idol.’ Although I feel like someone must have and I just forgot about it. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
People are going to hire you, or they’re not, and there’s only so much you can do to hedge your bets. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
I just approach everything by just doing the best job I can do and try to be a pleasant person. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
As much as I love live performance and as much fun as it can be to travel around, it really is nice to be able to stay at home and make a living and pay the mortgage and spend time with my wife. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
When I started doing stand-up in the late eighties, that was not an uncommon thing, that people dressed for the stage. I’ve seen that change as time has gone by to where, for me, it’s something that people remark on. And that’s when I started to really embrace it in a way and get more flamboyant and foppish with the way that I dress. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
You know, back when I was a kid who wanted to be in show business, everybody on TV wore nice clothes. They were very glamorous when they would be on the ‘Tonight Show.’ All the dudes wore suits and ties and that just seemed like real show business to me. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
Just because I have a good vocabulary, I don’t think of myself as anachronistic – just because I try not to use the word ‘like’ every other word. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote