I have never had a point in my life to make. I'm just trying to entertain the reader.

Another well-known Paris landmark is the Arc de Triomphe, a moving monument to the many brave women and men who have died trying to visit it.

I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.

I do not mean to be the slightest bit critical of TV newspeople, who do a superb job, considering that they operate under severe time constraints and have the intellectual depth of hamsters. But TV news can only present the "bare bones" of a story; it takes a newspaper, with its capability to present vast amounts of information, to render the story truly boring.

It's very slow for me to create humor. It takes me a long time to write a humor piece. It takes days.

I read a lot of lot non-demanding fiction.

Europeans, like some Americans, drive on the right side of the road, except in England, where they drive on both sides of the road; Italy, where they drive on the sidewalk; and France, where if necessary they will follow you right into the hotel lobby.