My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means.

I have an old brain but a terrific memory.

The United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the world - right after the Civil War. The most brutal war, the greatest amount of casualties that America's ever had.

I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.

Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways.

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.