Resiliency, like a cartwheel, requires core strength and a disregard for gravity. Only one of which can be willed.

Belittling nostalgia is a frightened man's parlor trick. Be grateful for any prize. Even a paper fortress, albeit briefly, provides shelter from the rain.

The hope of hardships!

Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading.

Stars shine with gusto throughout their existence, whether it is dark or light. However, if you stand in the light, you cannot see them. But if you stand in the dark, the stars shine like diamonds.

As it turns out, that persistence is a requirement. Thus, he would tell me, you need the dark to show the light, so you shouldn't curse darkness. You needed death to define life.

That's my dream to be old enough and mature enough that I won't be considered an "old lady" if I have a house with a barn. Because I already do needlepoint.

I saw Danny Kaye in a movie, and he was doing voices and faces on that big, big screen and making whole audiences laugh. It was just an instant hookup.

I look a little like Beaker. I think I'm a cross between Beaker and The Count. My hair looks like Oscar the Grouch. It's Muppety hair.

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.

A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. He can go ahead and do anything as long as he believed in himself.