I became a hero to everyone because I didn't take dialysis and was still alive.

I worship the quicksand he [Richard Nixon] walks in.

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.

People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man does not drive, there is something wrong with him.

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

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