when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.

[President Obama] made so many promises. We thought that he was going to be -- I shouldn't say this at Christmastime -- but the next messiah.

New York is a galaxy of adventure at once elegant, exciting and bizarre. It's a city that moves so fast, it takes energy just to stand still.

Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.

I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.

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

I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.