Gilda Radner

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end."

"You know what they call a goofy guy like me in the mortuary business? A very good business prospect."

"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."

"I think a woman can do anything she sets her mind to."

"Comedy is like music. It's got rhythm and timing."

"If it's not one thing, it's your mother."

"I used to want to be a serious actress."

"Comedy is very personal, just like music."

"The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity."

"I'm a good girl because I want to be."

"You have to understand that I live with my husband's parents."

"The difference between a good life and a bad life is whether you're learning and growing."

"I wanted to be a dancer with a really great life."

"We need to examine the old forms and recreate them."

"Acting is a nice thing to do, but the real thing is what you do offstage."

"I'm a woman who laughs a lot."

"Take chances. Make mistakes. Get messy!"

"I was never the girl people would point at."

"Comedy is tragedy plus time."

"I think that's the best thing about success - you get to be yourself."

"The reward for good work is more work."

"Do it for the joy of it."

"People don't realize that now is the only time that any of us have."

"I always wanted to do what I do."

"It's better to laugh than cry."

"You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you."

"I wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in those bones and sinews and that kind of light?"

"The most important thing is the person sitting next to you."

"I think the most important thing is to be true to yourself."

"Whatever makes you feel good, do that."