Get up early in the morning before everybody has breathed up all the good air.

Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.

Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?

I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.

Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever.

Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent.

Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself.