My Girlfriend Rhonda, Who's Now My Wife,

I Want People To Say At The End Of My Day, You Know, Like I Used To Say About Sidney Poitier And James Cagney And Joan Crawford And Red Skelton And Those Guys And Bill Cosby. They Did Quality And Substance. You Always Remember Them.

Sometimes When You Lose You Win, Son. Failure Is Just Life's Way Of Preparing You For Success.

Fear Is Not One Of My Attributes.

I Don't Ever Watch Myself. By Watching, You Try To Perfect Yourself, Become A Robot.

I Became The Storyteller Of South Side Chicago. I Used An Old Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish As A Microphone. I'd Go Around The House Interviewing Everybody, Telling Stupid Jokes, Doing Voices. I Mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., People On 'laugh-in,' Flip Wilson.