No one ever mentioned it, but thousands of men welcomed World War II as a way to escape their humdrum lives rather than a chance to fight for God and country.

Don't commit suicide, because you might change your mind two weeks later.

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before.

New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with dancing neon signs. It was safe to walk out in the streets.

I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page.

Ascot is so exclusive that it is the only racecourse in the world where the horses own the people.