Everyday happiness means you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.

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.

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

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

When they saw me walking down the street smoking a cigar, they'd say, 'Hey, that 14-year-old kid may be going places.' Of course it's also a good prop on the stage ... When you can't think of what you're supposed to say next, you can puff on your cigar until you think of your next line.

Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.