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.

The first step in having any successful war is getting people to fight it.

I am a New Yorker. I like New York. And I like cities. And it's not my desire to make New York more suburban. I would personally just like to vet each person.

You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness.

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.

The only appropriate response to the question, 'Can I be frank?' is, 'Yes, if I can be Barbara.