I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.

We all think we're going to get out of debt.

It's so much easier to be cynical.

I'm washing lettuce. Soon, I'll be on fries. In a few years, I'll make assistant manager, and that's when the big bucks start rolling in.

My inspiration is coming more and more from the way I feel and the gratitude I feel. The older you get the more humility you have.

My first words were 'Seconds, please.' Most kids in kindergarten napped on a little rug. I had a braided 9 x 12.

Minnesotans really think they run the whole world, I love that.

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.

I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.

I started a big part of my career in Vegas.

I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

I recognized exactly where she was—that state where you’re able to hold it together as long as absolutely no one talks to you or touches you with any amount of sympathy.

Age wrinkles the body

You always have choices no matter what.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places.

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.

I don't mean to talk so much about screenplay writing. Who wants to talk about screenplay writing? I've taught it and I felt like a charlatan because what I was teaching I probably couldn't do.

We’re built to move on. Someone dies, no matter how close you are to them, you move on. That helps in a lot of ways.

Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity.