I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.

The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that. And comedy is still the bread and butter.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

There is a very fine line (almost transparent), between cordiality and hypocrisy--knowing to distinguish them is a gift of Gods.

Every good love story has a start and a finish. What matters is what happens in the middle.

When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.

think what you hope for is that at different times of your life you're able to write the poetry that reflects the moment that you're in on your own journey.

I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth.

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.

Once I put myself into a thing, I do my utmost, my very, very best.

If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on.

The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience