I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone

The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you.

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.

I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.

My mother had lots and lots of children who didnt survive.

Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.

Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.

I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

Believe so brightly that everyone sees the beauty in believing.

The only urgent thing in life is the pursuit of love. You get that one right, and you've solved the mystery.

I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.

Do not debate! is one of my inventions.

I have this internal battle between, I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids. And the kids win.

When there's nothing to see, when there are no thoughts, life comes instead.

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

Take these words home and think it through; Or the next rhyme I write might be about you.

Feminism is a theory, lesbianism is a practice.

It is the basic evasion of the essential which is the problem of man.