The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I've forgotten what I've read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I've just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep again. So if anyone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I've forgotten what I've read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I've just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep again. So if anyone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.