Commercials and sometimes other guests - it's the down side of TV. Other people - it's the downside of life in general.

Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

I used to rent a house in Princeton, New Jersey, and whenever people came to visit me, I would drive them past Albert Einstein's house, which is the most ordinary house in Princeton - a house, let me assure you, that now a salesman wouldn't live in. I'd always say, "That was Albert Einstein's house." And they'd say, "What do you mean? Why would Albert Einstein live in a little house like that?" And I'd always say to people, "Because he didn't care!"

Perhaps one of the more noteworthy trends of our time is the occupation of buildings accompanied by the taking of hostages. The perpetrators of these deeds are generally motivated by political grievance, social injustice, and the deeply felt desire to see how they look on TV.

Writing pornography is deadly, nothing duller. I mean a toll-taker has a more exciting life than a pornographer.

I wouldn't say that I dislike the young. I'm simply not a fan of naïveté.

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