Some people learn by the mistakes of others, but most of us are the others.

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

I know they were mean to me and to you, but helping them now is the right thing to do.

I can't dance to save my life.

The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance.

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid.

If there's one great thing I think that's happened over the years, it's that women are being accepted into a man's world in all different areas, whether it's flying an airplane or driving a race car.

It is not an easy thing for a parent of today to bear always in mind that every child of his is as truly an individual as he was when he was a child.

The impresario's job is to pick the right people who can pick the right people. He picks the people who can pick artists and relate to them. People who know what the market craves.

I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work.

The Washington bureaucracy is too arrogant and imperial.

I don't think I could do a reality show, no.