I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.

I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me.

In this business you break a leg and 150 other people are out of work while production is shut down. It's not like you were an accountant and could still work with your leg in a cast.

We did some jumping at the start of the show. We went out without telling anyone - and the studio liked to kill us. They were threatened with cancellation of their production insurance.

I really miss Gunsmoke. It was like losing my whole family.

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song.

We can make mistakes about what we ought to do and these are not the same as making bad decisions about what to do.

I find wisdom in the waves. Goodbye is a hello to a life without you.

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Im not confused Im just well mixed

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

They gave their money, and they gave their screams. But the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity.

I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App on my iPad.

Being afraid of things going wrong, doesn't help them go right.

One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence.

You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake you must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand heap.

Possessiveness destroys love. And they should not be possessed, because that again destroys your love.

We are offering to the American public a line of delicious Italian-American foods. They will be available through the Internet, shopping networks and national store distribution.

I wish you for all your dreams of tomorrow i wish your having faith they all come true. i wish you all these thingsbut rememberSometimes wishes and dreams are all up to you

I like to change outfits multiple times a day.

I've heard, 'Temer is very fragile, poor little thing; he doesn't know how to govern.' Gibberish!

I'm always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I'm always surprised that it keeps happening to me.

I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.

I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.

I'm a handsome man with a charming personality.

I do have a sister - I have two sisters.

Writing is possibly an art, but crime writing is definitely a craft.