It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

I liked myself better when I wasnt me.

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.

I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.