Comedy = tragedy + time.

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

In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.

I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee.

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.

If you see a kid in school, who is a little shy ... that's when you should reach out. When you do, you are going to open up a flower and discover something wonderful.

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.