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.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.