A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.

— Robin Williams

An alcoholic is someone who can violate his standards faster than he can lower them.

— Robin Williams

Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.

— Robin Williams

Care per diem - seize the check.

— Robin Williams

Cocaine is God's way of telling you are making too much money.

— Robin Williams

Cricket is baseball on Valium.

— Robin Williams

Death is nature’s way of saying, ‘Your table is ready.

— Robin Williams

Do I sometimes perform in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh, yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh, yeah.

— Robin Williams

For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.

— Robin Williams

I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

— Robin Williams