there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

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 love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.

I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.

Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.

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.