Garry Marshall

“If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.”

“It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.”

“Never, ever, ever give up.”

“You have to have a sense of humor, darling, to be alive. Even a sense of humor about death.”

“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”

“The goal is to live a full, productive life without hurting anybody.”

“Show business is one of the few businesses that you can stay in for a long time. You can't be a professional athlete at 60, but you can be a writer or a director.”

“I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.”

“I don't believe in curses. I believe in God.”

“Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”

“I think life is a series of recoveries.”

“In the entertainment business, you get to be very popular, but you're not revered.”

“I like to tell stories that have a little bit of heart and a little bit of schmaltz.”

“There is more to life than show business.”

“I'm from the Bronx, so I'm not easily impressed.”