I don't know where we're going or how we'll get there, but when we get there we'll be there - and that's something, even if it's nothing.

This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.

The main obligation is to amuse yourself.

I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester.

We old roosters must be cautious. Don't try to outwit your arteries.

Santa Barbara people are conservative-not like in L.A., where everybody wears rhinestones on their glasses to show that they own an airplane factory.