My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.
Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.
Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.
