A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

Mother came to New York to keep house for me.

It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.