A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

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

Martinis are like breasts, one isn't enough, and three is too many.

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.

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

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.