Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does it. Who's stopping you? Just say it!

An effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour.

There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.

Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes from a drama, a farce, a low comedy and a tragedy.

Great humorists are great insulters.

Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.