My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.

I don't know what to say. I've always been a prepared loser.

When you work with words, words are your work.

Mainly, I thought of Barney Fife as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway.

I felt like a loser. I was unhappy as a child most of the time. We were terribly poor and I hated my size.

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

You will miss a normal life while living a successful life, but not as much as the craving for a successful life while you were living a normal life.

Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another—if we seek it.

If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that's nothing.

Have Faith! Have faith in the Eternal Goodness. Believe that the core of the Universe is sound and sweet.

Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate.

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.

In Los Angeles, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them.

As I think all Americans understand on both sides of the aisle, the Social Security system as it is structured today is a pay-as-you-go system.

Blaming is a way to protect your heart, trying to protect what is soft and open and tender in yourself.

The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the stuff.