Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it; let's do it, let's fall in love.

I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you?

All the inspiration I ever needed was a phone call from a producer.

Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .

Night and day you are the one, Only you beneath the moon and under the sun.

Now: heaven knows, anything goes.

Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control.

Whatever people see - TV in my mind forms people's opinions.

I think we need to always mimic reality in our fiction. I think that we can stir things up and reveal a truth beneath the surface in that way as well.

Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature.

After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors.

All of my pleasures are guilty, but that's just the way I'm wired.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Every picture paints a thousand words and that one said 'goodbye'

In life some people trip and some fall but some take that trip and make a beautiful dance out of it.

Racism in America absolutely exists - it is an issue. We need to fix it. We're a great country - probably the greatest country but we could be a hell of a lot greater.

The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.