To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable.
When television came along, I'd already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring - and it didn't.
When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.
If I missed my moment, I missed my moment. I mean, I wasn't pining to be president of the United States.
I worked very hard to be a diva. But it never worked.
I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.
The longing to produce great inspirations didn't produce anything but more longing.
Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets.
