I guess I'm the most successful man I know. I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world.

I tried to make some difference, and I think I managed to do that.

Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife.

The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure.

After all the Puritans came to America to escape from persecution and then turned around and started persecuting other people. So I understand that conflict that we have related to play and pleasure and sexuality. And I think what has made my life worthwhile is trying to deal with some of those questions.

We indeed did and do own our own minds and bodies, and anything from church or state that limits that is inappropriate and inconsistent with the ... society that America is supposed to be.

The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there.