In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled.

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

The good thing about being in someone else's apartment is it's so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out.

A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer.

Without these tourists, New York would be fantastic. I don't want them to come. Stay home!

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

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.