Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.

You know, almost everyone is an irritant to me. I think people have forgotten what the word 'public' means. 'Public' means you're going to be irritated. It's a natural consequence of leaving one's home. You go outside, and there are people who are irritating. I'll be standing on the sidewalk, and someone berates me for smoking. I look at the person and think, but what about your shoes? How can you wear shoes like that and have the confidence to accost someone like me?

Marriage entitles women to the protection of a strong man who will steady the stepladder while they paint the kitchen ceiling.

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

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.

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

Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.