My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.

Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.

If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.