I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue

My anger made me drink as an escape from reality, a way of forgetting. But you don't know when the medicinal effect ends and the poisoning begins ... This is my sixth year of sobriety. Overcoming alcoholism has been my greatest challenge and my greatest reward.

While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson.