... I could have said something profound, but you would have forgotten it in 15 minutes - which is the afterlife of a graduation speech.

If President Nixon's secretary, Rosemary Woods, had been Moses' secretary, there would only be eight commandments.

I didn't go on dialysis because I was 81 years old and I'd done everything I wanted, or so I thought.

Sharing our depressions felt like having survived a war. The experience bonds you to the other person for life.

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

The things that matter most are not things.

Television has a real problem. They have no page two.