I always took it for granted that there would be life after Hollywood.

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it

I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.

Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal.

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.