Usually New York has lousy salads.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

Having a strong spirit, we can control the desires of the flesh.

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

You can want and hope, or you can make it happen.

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.

Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!

If you choose to be obedient to God, God meets you with divine enablement.

How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.