I wish that real estate were cheaper and clothes were more expensive.

In New York we have zillions of different kinds of people, many of them hate each other, but violence based on that hatred is really uncommon here.

Communism requires of its adherents that they arise early and participate in a strenuous round of calisthenics. To someone who wishes that cigarettes came already lit the thought of such exertion at an hour when decent people are just nodding off is thoroughly abhorrent.

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

I never had a typewriter. I never had any machines.

The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes.

By the time everyone catches up with you, you're bored.