Do you know New York stifles me? It makes me so unhappy. There are so many things I want, and so many things I cannot afford to have. I don't see how people ever have money enough to live here.

I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers feel.

I mean what good does it do anyone to kill themselves working, because the worms will get you in the end.

I never cease to wonder at my luck in having for my sister the woman who, more than any other woman in America, possesses all the qualities of true greatness.

I thought comedians had to have black on their faces or red beards.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

I'm going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home they'll be ripe.

A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.

The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.

There is no way, believe me, despite my name being Winfield, and loving the game dearly. It wasn't in the cards. I didn't know what it was going to take to get here.

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

Softly drops the crimson sun: Softly down from overhead, Drop the bell-notes, one by one, Melting in the melting red.

At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.