At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family.

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

When we played the back end of a horse we always knew that if we worked hard and did a good job we could become the front end.

Young. Old. Just Words.

People are always asking me how much I'm worth. Well, all I can say is, I've got enough money to last me the rest of my life. As long as I die in the next 20 minutes.