A woman can do anything. She can be traditionally feminine and that's all right; she can work, she can stay at home; she can be aggressive; she can be passive; she can be any way she wants with a man. But whenever there are the kinds of choices there are today, unless you have some solid base, life can be frightening.

I didn't have a very religious family.

For a man who likes to talk, Fidel Castro does very few interviews.

People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

The origin of a modern party is anthropological: humans meet and share food to lower hostility between them and indicate friendship.

No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.