"If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?"

"Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week."

"I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes."

"My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors."

"I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something."

"After thirty, a body has a mind of its own."

"Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer."

"When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London."

"The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you."

"I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity."

"I'm working my way toward divinity."

"I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot."

"If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel."

"I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me."

"Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade."

"I feel like a million tonight - but one at a time."

"I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing."