Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition.

The ultimate [travel destination] for me would be one perfect day in San Francisco. There's no city like it anywhere. And, if I could be there with the girl of my dreams, that would be the ultimate!

Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.

I'm not offended. Lenny Bruce taught me that everything's funny. You can make everything funny. I don't think that assassinations are funny, I don't think you can make fun of ISIS, but almost everything is funny. And If we can't laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? So I don't mind ethnic humor. I like ethnic humor. I like dialect jokes. Laughter is a very subjective thing. If it's funny to you it's funny. And a lot of things are funny to me.

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish.