Quotes from Shelley Berman

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

Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form.

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

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

A hotel is a place that keeps the manufacturers of 25-watt bulbs in business.

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.

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