The war broke out, and I wanted to do something to aid my country in a time of crisis. I was too tall for the WACs and WAVES, but eventually joined the OSS and set out into the world looking for adventure.

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

I see my career as not just music, but as hopefully an entertainer on all mediums, and someone who can have real influence and make great art.

I'm not here to tell you what your average needs to be, but it would seem to me that one way to protect yourself, as an entrepreneur, from the dreaded average is to understand what that looks like in your industry, your business, and your personal life and take the steps to be above average.

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

Most young comedians would be lying to say that they weren't huge Weird Al fans when they were kids. Weird Al is probably the first person I ever realized had a career that was just making jokes.