I think they [Martin Scorsese, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra] liked my honesty. My personality. For that, they always treated me great. I, in turn, treated them great. No secret about it. My being who I am - that is that.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.

When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow.

I still have drive, but everything is relative.

I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.

I was with George Washington at Valley Forge, sitting around before an attack... gimme a break. That's over 70 years ago already.