I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

One advantage of a monarchy is that a monarchy does not suffer the effects of having great clots of white Christians moping around simply because they aren't the king or queen.

How did Italy manage to end up with no Caribbean islands at all? Christopher Columbus took the trouble to discover the Caribbean personally before the end of the fifteenth century. Try to get a decent plate of spaghetti there now.

What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.

With humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the food offered in American clubs varies in direct proportion to the exclusiveness of the club.