If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.

I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names.

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.

Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.

I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.

But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.

You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.

Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before.

I dont really believe in regrets.

To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the act of all good writing.

God removes the sin of the one who makes humble confession, and thereby the devil loses the sovereignty he had gained over the human heart.

Colors close together on the color wheel are analogous and will make a calm room. Colors that are farther apart are complementary and add drama.

He did not feel the ground under his feet - he thrust himself into the capriole, rose high in the air-forelegs and hind legs horizontal. He soared above the ground, he head in jubilation. Conquering!

There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.

I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting.

It's very rare that publications double their frequency.

I think I get from my books what other people get from family or a relationship or from prayer.

You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths (orthodoxy) to destroy it.

Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in spirit.