The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.
As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, my middle school friends and myself really had no idea the impact of that diagnosis, but my family did.
I sometimes found myself more comfortable around my TV family than I did with my own parents and sister.
I grew up as the only child, and we did not have a large family. So for me and my mother, our friends tend to become our family.
And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.
Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.
When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?
The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did.
People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.
In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war.
The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.
The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wrong by leaving my home?
I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.
Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
I've got a lot to do, and I hope that by the end of it all, people will say that Dee Snider was an entertainer, and he did his job well.
There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.
There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
