The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.
Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?
San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.
A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn't sell any papers, it's not a good column. It's a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that's the whole thing.
The world of Manhattan is small and tightly knit, and the man on top retains a certain humility. He knows how far and fast he can fall by looking at the guy across the street. The view from the $250,000 apartment covers a lot of ground, most of it condemned.