Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.

I had started calling her Lucy shortly after we met; I didn't like the name Lucille. That's how our television show was called I Love Lucy, not Lucille.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.