Governments mostly don't do much. And you've also got to understand the level of incompetence out there. Nobody knows what they're doing. They just pose and act as if they know and walk through life and get away with it.

Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

People born in Queens, raised to say that each morning they get on the subway and "go to the city," have a resentment of Manhattan, of the swiftness of its life and success of the people who live there.

True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not likely to be interesting.

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.