Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor.

Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.

The waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle.

San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

God! I loove this city!

It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.