If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of imaginary people are apt to be a little strange'

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

I've always essentially been a New Yorker.

If you build a better mousetrap, Nature will build a better mouse.