The only way you learn is by failure.

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.

I just think there's more paparazzi, there's more cable TV, there's millions of networks now, there's more paparazzi. People liked gossip then, and they like gossip now.

I still perform live primarily. I just keep traveling and doing live shows. The main difference in film, you know in your mind that you are doing it for posterity, you are doing for the eventual audience and it will be around forever.

I began as a true beginner, not knowing how to dance or perform. I just entered a local contest in town as a joke, because if you entered you got a free blouse and scarf.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.