The real truth about children is they don't speak the language very well. They're physically uncoordinated. And they are ignorant of our elaborate ideas about right and wrong.

There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.

These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.

The American political system is like fast food - mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things and everybody wants some.

Cars would be safer on rails!

When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism, and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along.

Taxi drivers all over the world, by the way, are under Newspaper Guild contract to give easy quotes to foreign correspondents.