[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail.

No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

remember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.

Local television shows do not, in general, supply make-up artists. The exception to this is Los Angeles, an unusually generous city in this regard, since they also provide this service for radio appearances.

I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not being 21. Of course, it's much worse not to be 21. This is a given. But there are things that are worse.

I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.