Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

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

I don't care if New York avoided bankruptcy by substituting tourism for the garment business.

Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue.

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

When you reach a certain age, suddenly there are lots of people younger than you, which is really startling.