Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.

You dirty, double-crossing rat.

Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike.

I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through.

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

Find your mark, look the other fellow in the eye, and tell the truth.

Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them.

Outside of my family, the prime concern of my life has been nature and its order, and how we have been savagely altering that order.

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.

The Postman Always RingsTwice.

You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.

The storm is an artist

Most people never realize that loneliness is a gift from God. Not only can it draw us closer to Jesus, it can teach us to cherish a long-awaited marriage relationship all the more.

You may ask, "What do I do with my anger and hate?" Love them. At their heart, they are love designed to change or keep out what does not belong, and this can increase love.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

Further up and further in!

Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance.

Destiny's Child literally taught me how to sing.

Violence is the quest for identity. When identity disappears with technological innovation, violence is the natural recourse.

My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.

I said to my doctor, 'You gotta testme, there's something wrong with me that I would be behaving this way.'