The greatness of America is that it produces exuberant geniuses like Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire and Leonard Bernstein. We are meant to be a jazzy people who talk big and jump on the table and dance; we aren't supposed to be dopey and glum and brood over old injuries.

In California virtually everyone has had their teeth whitened. If they all smiled at once, they would give us a headache.

I think there's a lot of power in listening to one person talking to you. And this should never be underestimated.One person sitting and talking to you and, you're pulled in, in ways that technology and art and all cannot.

I'm a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it.

She gave him such a look... Man oh man, if looks could kill. That one might have totalled a city block.

Give guilt - the gift that lasts forever.

The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.