You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has.

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.

You do have to love your kids enough to let them hate you. But it's the disease that's hating you, not them.

I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.

I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.

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.