Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

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.

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.