Billy Crystal

I love Mickey Mantle. Would I have felt the same if I had known when I was eight years old what I know now? ”

That's the thing that I'm really most proud of: that I'm still... people still would like to see me. I love seeing them. ”

Doing my Broadway show '700 Sundays' reminded me how much I love working in front of an audience. ”

My granddaughter's birth has made me want to create things she will love. ”

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul. ”

I still don't love the darkness, though I've learned to smile in it a little bit, now and then. ”

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that. ”

Your success is in your point of view. It's your life that you're talking about; it's your observations. That's the best lesson that I ever had. ”

My mum, Helen, was hilarious. She had a tremendous sense of humour and was a great singer and tap dancer. For many years, she was the voice of Minnie Mouse in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She would be in the float as it came along, singing whatever the Minnie Mouse song of the day was. She was a really big spirit in my life. ”

What life throws at you - you just have to learn how to hit it, which is a baseball metaphor. The ball's outside, you hit to the right. You don't let them go by. ”