If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.

You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'

I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.

Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.