The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.

Forcing people into a situation where they're supposed to adore each other is probably bad. But letting people get on and off the 6 train without stabbing each other, that's good.

Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.

I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at parties.

I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.

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

Smoking is the great romance of my lifetime. If I could find someone I wanted forty-five times a day, perhaps I could stop.