You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.

That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics.

I'm old, I'm young, I'm intelligent, I'm stupid. My tide goes in and out.

I don't think there's anything to be admired in lying, cheating or philandering. But there might be something to be admired in not burning people at the stake because they have those weaknesses.

There are some people whom you have in life who have the capacity for real, passionate commitment to something, and sometimes you may be passionately committed to the same thing.

Government is not show business.

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.

Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.

When one matures in life is when one knows we never grow up

He's one fry short of a Happy Meal.

My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism.

You gotta own it if you want it

I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of giving pleasure to people through my singing; that's fantastic, but it's only entertainment.

Life can be both hell and bliss or it can be nothing at all.

Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.

When resistance is gone, the demons are gone.

I realize I can never take my success for granted. It's not attractive for anyone to be like that.