I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

The news media in general are liberal. If you want to be a reporter, you are going to see poverty and misery, and you have to be involved in the human condition.

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.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

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.

A conversation isn't a competition.