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

I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.

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.

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.