Do not have your child's hair cut by a real hairdresser in a real hairdressing salon. He is, at this point, far too short to be exposed to contempt.

New York's not exactly antiseptic. It could be clean and less dangerous, and not horrible, not under a tidal wave of tourists.

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

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

I hate money. It is boring and it is arithmetic. The two things I hate the most.

[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell.

The French probably invented the very notion of discretion. It's not that they feel that what you don't know won't hurt you; they feel that what you don't know won't hurt them. To the French lying is simply talking.