I just keep traveling and doing live shows.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

Everything that flowers, dies too, but in its dying provides seed of a new beginning. - The Monk (Pg-50)

Words are fossilized butterfly wings, pretty to look at sometimes, but only good for Museums.I want to miserably burn down the Museums.

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don’t vote.

Nobody is going to buy from you because you have quota to meet. They are going to buy from you because they see the value in doing so.

When life has beaten you up and you can't see a way to go on. Trust that tomorrow will change your fortune.

It is a tremendous freedom to get rid of all self-considerat ion and learn to care about only one thing-the relationship between Christ and ourselves.

God flourished my ministry and my career of creative thinking, communicating and writing back 50 years.

The theory that religion is a force for peace, often heard among the religious right and its allies today, does not fit the facts of history.