I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.

How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.

I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?

When people say, 'Doesn't Gloria [Vanderbilt] look great? She's 85.' I say, 'Yes, she was a raving beauty when she was 20,' that's the key. Very helpful.

I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use.

those who use the word 'lifestyle' are rarely in possession of either.

Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not leap up out of books and dance around with royal-blue chickens.