“Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.”

“You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.”

“But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.”

“But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.”

“My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.”