I had a tight stomach all the time. I actually developed ulcers. I've learned better than to put all that internal pressure on myself.

You never heard anybody ask 'Elvis who?'

When I was a little boy I used to borrow my father's hat, and make a press card to stick in the hat band. That was the way reporters were always portrayed in the movies.

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.

In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality.

A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.

There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.