“You just have to stick to it beyond all reason and all sanity; you jus...” — Carol Channing Quote

You just have to stick to it beyond all reason and all sanity; you just keep at it. You have to believe that you've got to be in the theater.

We couldn't let anyone know about it at the time, but I wasn't all that healthy at times. I was battling cancer and had to have treatment in New York once a week, so Mr. Merrick arranged for me to fly out after the show on Sunday, from wherever we were touring, to see my doctor on Monday and fly back in time for the show on Tuesday.

I felt like jumping out a window when I heard Streisand was doing it. I'd played it four and a half years - I thought Dolly was mine. But after the initial shock wore off, I realized no great part is ever exclusively anybody's.

I can't understand people missing a show because they're sick: They've missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and you reach for the heavens, and, doggone it, the heavens answer you.

I want to keep my sanity.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

Well, sanity, I suppose, is getting people to see the world your way.

I completely understand how temporary fame is, and I keep my sanity at all times.

You need some time off for your own sanity, to be honest.