#burnett

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology. ↗

— Terry Southern

#anthology #best #burnett #david #edited

I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh, a horrid rat!’ I shouldn’t like people to scream and jump and say: ‘Oh, a horrid Sara!’ the moment they saw me, and set traps for me, and pretend they were dinner. It’s so different to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow? ↗

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

#choice #frances-hodgson-burnett #life #life

I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#carol #carol burnett #gilda #i #i love

(She) got herself a real boyfriend and she was just crazy about him. Not jack rabbit naked and coyote howling crazy, but sugar 'n' butter, soft 'n' sweet crazy. ↗

— Jackson Burnett

#crazy-in-love #jackson-burnett #love #relationships #the-past-never-ends

Holiday leaned her elbows on her desk. "You can't find one thing that points to his guilt." "He slept with your sister!" Burnett roared. "Guilty of murder, not of being a piece of shit. ↗

— C.C. Hunter

#holiday #guilt

I've known Harvey for over 40 years and I worked with him on the Burnett show for 11 years. I guess you could say we're about as close as you can get to being a comedy team. ↗

— Tim Conway

#being #burnett #close #comedy #could

I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show. ↗

— Debra Messing

#burnett #carol #carol burnett #dancing #glued

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that. ↗

— Leah Remini

#big #big fan #burnett #carol #carol burnett

As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain. ↗

— Caroline Rhea

#burnett #carol #carol burnett #carson #chat

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders. ↗

— Garry Shandling

#carol #carol burnett #first #first time #funny