New York was always more expensive than the other places, even when it was going bankrupt. In other words, in 1971, New York was expensive for someone with no money. For anyone.

Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.

Take away a man's actual sense of manhood - which is conventionally based on the ability to work, to earn money, to be self-sufficient, to provide for children - and you've got to give them something else. And they did.