If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.

My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer.

Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.

Love yourself first and everything falls into line.