I see people putting text messages on the phone or computer and I think, 'Why don't you just call?'

We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.

And that works for me. So that if this is it, you better take it at its right proportion. That there are serious things, but most things are temporal and ephemeral, and you should cultivate that attitude. That joy and love and all the verities are what counts. So I try not to take too many things seriously, and if I find myself caught up in the seriousness of the moment, within a period of time, I'm able to cajole myself out of it.

Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor.

What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.

A sense of the unknown has always lured mankind and the greatest of the unknowns of today is outer space. The terrors, the joys and the sense of accomplishment are epitomized in the space program.

My plan has always been to return to Broadway every 50 years.