“There's a quote of hers [Lucille Ball] that I've always loved: 'I guess I would rather regret the things I've done than to regret the things I've never done.”

“Dance, dance for meDance with the starsLaugh, laugh for meWherever you areSing, sing out loudLike angels doRemember meThe way I'll remember youLove, love for meWith all your soulCry, cry for meAs I...”

“Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.”

“We don't stop going to school when we graduate.”

“Celebrity was a long time in coming it will go away. Everything goes away. ”

“But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.”

“You get a timeless cool card in New York.”

“People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.”

“What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.”

“When the servants break the cups and saucers, a puzzle arises within. Who really breaks the cups and saucers? Who runs this world? One does not know that and inbetween, the guest (of this world) do...”

“Puzzles are bound to arise for everyone, but how does the puzzle get solved, that much science if people get to know, it is more than enough.”

“Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I think was originally a verse ends up becoming the chorus, or what's an in...”

“And not one person would notice the grey parts of her until it was too late, because everyone falls for a pretty face.”

“Dear God, woman,"said Will. "Are there any questions you don't want to know the answer to?”

“Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.”