They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I.

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

He says, You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can't make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor , your shoes might be broken , but your mind is a palace.

I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in.