Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

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.

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

It's tough having the last name Rickles. Luckily, my kids handled it great.

I always enjoy being full of fun, but I have my serious moments. Some women go for the studious kind of guy, I certainly was not that. If a girl is looking for somebody different and maybe a little more exciting for themselves - someone more on the fun side, I would suggest that they look for a type like Don Rickles.

I've never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt.

Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.