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

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.

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

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

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.

Wisdom is the principal thing. The principle to discover the principal thing is "the fear of the Lord". Fear God and be wise.

When your mother and your father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you just want them tostop fighting?

A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.

The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage.

Just as a son, to be a son of man, must be of the same nature and spirit of his father; so with the sons of God, and so it will be with all who are born of the spirit of God.

For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality.

All of a sudden Mindy [Kaling] was writing on The Office and had sold a TV show. When we'd try to write shows, we'd jokingly call the word documents "Hit Show." We just couldn't crack the code.

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.