France in August when you can travel through the entire country without encountering a single pesky Frenchman or being bothered with anything that's open for business.

Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow ... It is impossible to be alive and safe.

There are no kinder or better people in the world than those who listen to you when you are 18.

Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals when their cheery effect is needed.

Every generation finds the drug it needs.

I went back to bumming around New York, writing freelance stuff for Car & Driver and such.

The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and we can fix that."