You're going to die. That's going to happen. What matters is what you do with your time before you get flushed out.

Rob Petrie is who I really am - in personality and general ineffectiveness.

I'm gonna keep singing and dancing as long as I can.

I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

I've had a lot of writers, in particular, who said they got into writing because of the 'Van Dyke Show.' They said it looked like fun.