Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.

My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living.

Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.

There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'

I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.

Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.

My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.