Should I be the one to play God? We're both about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.

I did go to school - my kind of school. When I was a kid I went out ... and you meet people. You talk to them. Anybody says something that makes sense, it stays with you, rubs off on you. That kind of school.

I would read Playboy more often, but my glasses keep steaming up.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.

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

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.