Fall, then figure out what to do on the way down.

If we treat each other as if we are geniuses, poets and artists, we have a better chance of becoming that on stage.

Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally.

The more you know, the more you can make fun of

It's not about the journey. It's about the people you meet.

The absolute worst thing you can do in a scene is be apathetic.

The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention.

Beyond the deepest tragedy there is laughter; even in the midst of tragedy there is always the possibility for laughter.

The only rule is that there are no rules.

Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins.

Trust...trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.

A man may follow vanity as truly in the counting-house as in the theatre. If he be spending his life in amassing wealth, he passes his days in a vain show.

Well, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.

The moment you try to institutionalize art, it ceases to be art.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure.

Love comes to everybody in many different ways. Attraction is always the first thing, no? But love must be more than that. It must be magic.

For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.

Having been a journalist for thirty-nine years, I've developed a pretty thick skin.

Doing research in mathematics is frustrating and if being frustrated is something you cannot get used to, then mathematics may not be an ideal occupation for you.

[Billy Strayhorn] understood the violin as well as he understood Jazz, and he wrote for the violin as a violin.