We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories.

My belief also is that Marilyn Monroe passed away long before she should have left us.

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. Most performers today only play the guitar.

Do I run around deploring the world? No. I'm just not into it. I was brought up that way.

I loved working with Bette Davis. Bette Davis was great to work with and a wonderful teacher, and very kind to me. We became good friends.

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

It's sad when you see someone do really well and then you just don't hear about them anymore.