The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.

Never retire! Do what you do and keep doing it. But don't do it on Friday. Take Friday off. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, go fishing...Then Monday to Thursday, do what you've been doing all your life. My point is: Live full and don't retreat.

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.

Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go.

Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you've gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.