Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin.

The quality of life in our world does not depend on the conflicts that arise, but on our response to them.

Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.

Being in good physical shape is the best way to combat depression. You just have endorphins running around your body. It is the best anti-depressive that there is.

There is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge.

Respect is important, if someone has a very clear vision of what they want, as long as they find a way to communicate it, a respectful way…

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."

Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

The moment you think creed and form and ceremony the "be-all" and "end-all", then you are in bondage. Take part in them to help others, but take care they do not become a bondage.