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

I didn't have a very religious family.

Don't let the bastards get you down.

Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don't know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I've rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.

Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.

To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another's life.