Lucille Ball

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.”

“How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.”

“I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.”

“How to do half-hour comedy innovatively is something I do pride myself on. We invented it with 'I Love Lucy.'”

“I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.”

“I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.”

“Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.”

“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”