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!"

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth.

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?

Maybe it's superficial to exude a sense of confidence in one's clothes. But it's also integral. We have an appearance. Not all of us are beautiful. But we can appear fine looking. So we should. Feeling good about an outfit is the point at which that outfit finally becomes good.

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.