Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and one is called "Democratic." It is the same party so it makes no difference whether a Democrat's elected or a Republican's elected. The ownership remains the same.

All Americans born between 1890 and 1945 wanted to be movie stars.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

There are certain truths so true that they are practically unbelievable.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things.

I believe there's something very salutary in, say, beating up a gay-bashing policeman. Preferably one fights through the courts, through the laws, through education, but if at a neighborhood level violence is necessary, I'm all for violence. It's the only thing Americans understand.