Spending money you don't have for things you don't need to impress people you don't like.

You have to work years in hit shows to make people sick and tired of you, but you can accomplish this in a few weeks on television.

No matter what kind of diet you are on, you can usually eat as much as you want of anything you don't like.

Listen to the song of your heart, now follow the melody.

We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.

[David] Mamet's the writer I admire most but he's way off from when he tries to talk about what the moral appeal of liberal thought is. His heart is not in it.

My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.

If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage.

I wake up every morning and think to myself, 'How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?

I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But theyre also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.

If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith.

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.