I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Here's a thought. You answer what I ask and I keep not killing you." - Antiope Flint - DREAMNASIUM

My only wish is to be buried with my books.

Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time.

There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

Being a mother is quite tiring. There's not much time to do anything. You just rush around and it's hard work.

Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.