It's a fact that it is much more comfortable to be in the position of the person who has been offended than to be the unfortunate cause of it.

Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms.

I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word.

Most old people ... are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others - guests who didn't have the good manners to leave when the party was over.

The news media in general are liberals.

The word 'charismatic' was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, 'Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press...does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.'