Renunciation is in our blood.
In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.
When they saw me walking down the street smoking a cigar, they'd say, 'Hey, that 14-year-old kid may be going places. ' Of course it's also a good prop on the stage. . . When you can't think of what you're supposed to say next, you can puff on your cigar until you think of your next line.
I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
A married couple that plays cards together is just a fight that hasn't started yet.
With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.
For day-to-day beauty, I'm a Q-tip and Vaseline kind of girl. I never leave home without Q-tips - they're a great fix for any makeup emergencies.
I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package, a gift package, a surprise package-and within the wrappings is a whole new world and beyond.
To misunderstand the nature and threat of evil is to risk being blindsided by it.
Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I tell them there has always been awful music and that no great band ever wasted any time complaining, they just got it done. Their ropey ranting is just a way to get out of the hard work of making music that will do some lasting damage.