People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.

Since nostaglia is fueled by inflation, could it be that inflation is the result of a conspiracy by the people who are trying to palm off McGovern buttons and Howdy Doody puppets and their Aunt Thelma's toaster as antiques.

Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.