Nothing lasts. So it's my belief, yes, I know a lot of the things that we liked didn't last, but maybe things we don't like, they're also not going to last. There has been progress in my lifetime. There are certainly things that are better than when I was young, and there are things that are worse. New York City, it's worse. There's no question.

I'd like to decide who comes here. I'd like to be the admissions director of New York.

Because of the Internet everybody sees the same stuff. You can buy the clothes of New York, even if you're not living there. So I think that the accessibility, in this case, drives buying choices more than anything else.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

remember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.

There's no such thing as advice to the lovelorn. If they took advice, they wouldn't be lovelorn.