I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

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

A producer came to me about doing a memoir, and at first I thought, "Well, it's a little bland." But then I realized that almost everything that's happened to me was the result of being in the right place at the right time. And I thought "Well, luck has a lot to do with it," so I wrote it from that perspective.

Anyone who doesn't sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life.

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.