My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.

Peter Marshall: A western saddle has a curved horn on the front to hold something for the cowboy. What is it?

Sandwiches are wonderful. You don't need a spoon or a plate!

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.

A closet full of wire hangers can be the most dangerous place in the world.

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

I'm Liberace without a piano.

I often go on a liquid fast a couple of days a week. I never take just water. Instead, I'll have maybe six glasses of vegetable and fruit juices a day.

I can't even get three weeks off to have cosmetic surgery.

If anyone or anything tries to curse or kill the Goodness at the Center of all things, it will just keep coming back to life. Forever Easter.

I would change the way humans interpreted the word vampire, forever.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive.

So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.

The period of childhood is a stage on which time and space become entangled.