Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her place in the Hall of Comedy as the First Lady. I will miss her.

I spend a lot of time thinking of the Hereafter - each time I enter a room I wonder what I'm here after.

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

I've known Harvey for over 40 years and I worked with him on the Burnett show for 11 years. I guess you could say we're about as close as you can get to being a comedy team.

A lot of people like to live on laurels that happened 20 or 30 years ago, but it's nice to get awards. It's nice to be labeled and things like that, but I'm not sure everybody qualifies.

My career is pretty much over. I'm out in the Valley eating soft-boiled eggs.

You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. And that's why I put Don in several of my movies.