I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.

It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life, and people do not wish to waste their lives once they've seen New York! This rural American thing - I'm telling you, it's a joke.

However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions.

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.