A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

Get all the education you can, then add the learning.

Getting loved by yourself is the best thing that can happen to you. After all your heart is a part of you. Before being someone else's.

I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.

Retrospective analysis is not a useful guide to current problems.

When many plants are out of the picture in winter, it becomes clear that many of them should be pitched out. It's also much easier to do that before they come up and begin to talk to us.

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.

I guess I do a really good job at covering.

What men have thought about life in the past is less important than what you feel about it to-day.

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.