I don't think it's you that changes with success - it's the people around you who change. Because of your new status, they change in relation to you.

Never ask your wife if she still hears from her old pimp.

I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and the fact that I make money at it - big money - is a fine-and-dandy side fact.

I'm often asked, "What is your favorite moment during the 30 years you hosted [The Tonight Show]?" I really don't have just one. The times I enjoyed the most were the spontaneous, unplanned segments that just happened, like Ed Ames' infamous "Tomahawk Toss" that produced one of the longest laughs in television history. When these lucky moments happen, you just go with them and enjoy the experience and high of the moment.

Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.

It's the lack of this kind of open and honest education about sex that causes so many kids to grow up with sexual hang-ups.

I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it.