You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

The sky was so clear that the starlight cast shadows, and so many sparkles and glitters and glints appeared above us that it looked like something really expensive had been dropped and shattered in heaven - God's Steuben ashtray, maybe.

Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.

Veal is a very young beef and, like a very young girlfriend, it's cute but boring and expensive.

There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar.