When we spoke, Gene Wilder had just written a memoir called "Kiss Me Like A Stranger." The title was suggested by his late wife Gilda Radner three weeks before she died in 1989.

[Hillary Clinton] is hinted a little bit about what his[Bill Clinton] role might be, but just a little bit.

A lot of the things that we think of as being racial differences are really class differences in America.

I mean, Dad's - you know, Dad's friendliest tone was a scream.

Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist.

Gene Wilder made his movie debut in "Bonnie And Clyde," starred in the Mel Brooks films "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles," played opposite Richard Pryor in "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy" and portrayed the candy-maker in "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory."

That era in the late '80s through the '90s was really when the music was so new, fresh, energetic, but still creative. It hadn't quite gotten corporatized yet.