Everything was dragging me toward the arts; even the study of modern philosophy suggested that philosophy was nonsense.

All of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.

The emotions of men, however, were of a different order. They were pesky annoyances, small dust devils at her feet. Her knack for causing heartbreak was innate, but her vitality often made people forgive her romantic misdeeds.

I loved magic, and so I would practice my magic tricks in front of a mirror for hours and hours and hours because I was told that you must practice, you must practice and never present a trick before it's ready.

I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.

I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... an Arctic region covered with ice.

I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

I happened to take a photo, and there was my wife, my dog and my banjo, all in the same shot -- and I thought, Oh, that's like a family portrait right there.

Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.

So much emotion can be brought in an animated film that's very hard to get in a live-action film. I haven't quite put my finger on why, but it might be because the characters can make facial expression that, if you made them in a movie, they'd call them corny.

I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time.

Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.

I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.

When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.

I'm not a human being. I'm despicable and disgusting -- but that's where the money is.

I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.

I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.

No art comes from the conscious mind.

You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!