Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I've never found an easy way.

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.

Peter Marshall: A western saddle has a curved horn on the front to hold something for the cowboy. What is it?

Sandwiches are wonderful. You don't need a spoon or a plate!

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.

A closet full of wire hangers can be the most dangerous place in the world.

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

I'm Liberace without a piano.

I often go on a liquid fast a couple of days a week. I never take just water. Instead, I'll have maybe six glasses of vegetable and fruit juices a day.

I can't even get three weeks off to have cosmetic surgery.

Everyone is useful for a specific task.

This is how women are trained to stay indoors, she thought, the idea echoing in her mind like a gravesong. This is how women are trained not to act.

Never stretch your neck to see who is not doing it big. Look into your bosom, and realize that you can do it bigger! Go, create a brighter picture!

Don't let your past dictate your future.

To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Often Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

I did grow up in a rough neighborhood in Portland, which is an abstract concept for anybody who's rolled through Portland because now it looks like a TV set, literally.

To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.

Economics is not an attempt to generalize human desires or human behavior; but to generalize the phenomena of price.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.