Tim Conway

I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.

My career is pretty much over. I'm out in the Valley eating soft-boiled eggs.

A lot of people like to live on laurels that happened 20 or 30 years ago, but it's nice to get awards. It's nice to be labeled and things like that, but I'm not sure everybody qualifies.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.