Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

Reality is something you rise above.

Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.

Don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream

I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics.

I hate change more than almost anything.

The secret is love is a chaotic mess of every emotion we humans have given a name to.

One secret of life is that the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Another secret is that laughter is carbonated holiness.

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.

The editing process, to use a slightly grim analogy, is like the slow suffocation of lots of babies. It's like, which finger do you want to cut off first?

You can't take life for granted.

I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

To write is to inform against others.