"My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day." — Johnny Carson

The mind starts to do things that you didn't even realize it could do. I suppose it's the manipulation. I suppose it's the sense of power, the center of attention, and the me-ism. And performers have to have that.

There comes a time or a moment when you know in which direction you're going to go. I know it happened to me when I was quite young.

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive.

We're more effective than birth control pills.