I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this love in their students, and an ability to convince them that what they are being taught is deadly serious

The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes in their repertoire have application.