I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.

Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor.

And I went to New York and died; for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can't think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

I'm not a star.

I got canceled in the middle of making the pilot.

I wish there was something that - I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful acknowledgments, and I wish I could be more appreciative of what I do. But it's hard for me.

Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept.

I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.

They say it's good but I didn't know what I was doing until I got into the suit and they put the moustache on me, and somehow, when I got all the drag on, it came out. It was the most amazing thing. I'm truly extraordinary.

But there's a lot of 50's and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30's that grew up with us.

And it's tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on.

I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It's got a beginning, and a middle and an end. It should have a plot; it should have the characters, conflict. It is a little play. And in it, will be funny stuff.

Funny is when you're serious.

The most important factor in college admissions is a test that benefits those who are least prepared for college.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

The one thing that makes writing a better pastime than reading is that you can make things turn out the way you want in the end!

I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.

I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.

As long as I'm able to actually maintain a career where I can write full-time, I'll be thrilled.

Industry is important, but everyone thinks money is important.

I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.

Water flows from high in the mountains, Water runs deep in the Earth, Miraculously, water comes to us, And sustains all life.

Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

There are far too many politicians out there who take the wrong position and stick with it and never admit that they should do something different.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.

Nature hath meal and bran contempt and grace.

I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.

I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don't mislead anyone. I've had the time of my life and thank God for that, it would be such a waste otherwise.

Patience is a virtue

The Indian youth needs to be empowered, and it can be done through good education and vocational training.

I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius mental vigor and moral courage which it contained.

Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.

What I like to do is get the family in the pick-up truck... and then we just go for a drive. That's it!

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

Coal mines make the news only when they explode, collapse, kill. It's exciting! Tragedy! Fodder for a cable-news frenzy.