Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.

The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you.

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.

I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.

My mother had lots and lots of children who didnt survive.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone

Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.

I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.

Love brightens and purifies the heart.

I'm not talented or gifted. I'm a committed, meticulous workaholic. The only reason I succeed is because I refuse to fail.

I don't believe in the electric cars, but I strongly believe in hybrids.

That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

Making a film, you're in a really dark tunnel and the only kind of illumination is the shared experience you're having with your fellow cast and director.

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim.

Attitudes truly are contagious, and from time to time we need to ask ourselves, 'Is mine worth catching?'

Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.