There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.

I hate Danny Kaye movies.

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests' books.

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?