Ethel Merman

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.