Rich is not better.

You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.

When I first found out I had diabetes I denied it.

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.

Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it.

Rich is not better.

'Gimme a Break' ran for six years and gave me the kind of money and freedom that I'd dreamed would make me happy. It didn't.

Because I've always had a strong personality, I've always thought I knew what was best.

For me, you can put on something by Bach, and I'll feel better.

I always look forward to getting back East. I miss the cold weather and the Jewish delis.

I had to want to lose weight myself.

I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.

I think music and laughter are the two things that can keep you alive. Someone who is really depressed, tell them a joke, and they may come out of it for even just a moment. Or play them something.

I was never totally into marriage, and I wasn't a very good wife.

I wish that people could understand that people need to laugh. They need to sing. They need to create their own joie de vivre.

I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.

I'm not very kind about marriage. I will never get married again.

I've managed to completely reeducate myself into making eating secondary. I used to eat all the time because the food was there. Now I feel like a kid in school who is gaining points for behaving. And I love myself for it.

If I'm with someone for too long, I begin feeling trapped.

It's exciting to sing in the place where you pay your taxes.

Most performers don't get a chance to sing in Los Angeles.

My marriage is very important to me.

No matter what part of the business you want to be in, live performances are the most thrilling.

No one teaches you how to be graceful.

Of all the unhappiness I went through, you must know I wouldn't live a moment of my life differently for what I have now. Would I do it all again? I wouldn't want to, but if it got me to the same place, yeah, I'd do it. Because I realize now that God would not give more than I could handle.

You can get by on four hours' sleep, but you're not very exciting.

I don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever.

I think the secret to what Jim Henson did, ultimately, is that he understood how to cut through to the... I know this sounds corny... but the child inside of you.

Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.

Stop searching the world for treasure the real treasure is in yourself.

I never had any frustration about writing uncredited. I always felt that the satisfaction of doing it was in the doing of it, really, and getting recognised by the small number of people that know what you did.

First, if you love the Kindle and it works for you, it isn't problematic, and you should ignore all my criticisms and read the way you want to read.

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Collaboration is much like a birth. The song that springs forth resembles each one of us to a degree, but it's the kind of thing that would never be born from just one of us sitting down with a guitar.

Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.

Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.

I try to live in the present. I learn from my mistakes in an effort not to repeat them, but I remain totally focused on today and tomorrow. Many of my mistakes turned out to be incredible opportunities for growth, both professionally and personally, and therefore, in hindsight, they were deeply valuable.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.

Another suggestion is to cook a meal, maybe not every night, but a couple more times a week than you usually do. That way you have leftovers, and you take your lunch to work.

I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.

You may only be one person to the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

I'm a woman who is very confident with the body, with my body.

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.

My favorite healthy foods are Jamaican chicken soup, Jamaican chicken stew peas, Jamaican brown stew chicken, plantains and banana chips.

I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.

The full benefit of forgiveness of sin through the Saviors Atonement begins with repentance and baptism and then expands upon receiving the Holy Ghost.