In those days the best painkiller was ice; it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.

From Paris we took the Orient Express to Vienna. I must say I was terribly disappointed; nobody was murdered on the train.

If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.

Life's but a day at most.

Should I be the one to play God? We're both about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.

I get a standing ovation just standing

At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family.