I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

I don't very often read novels.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

My father was very big on marriage.