Fantasy is only a state of mind that you can employ when existing in a real context.

He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yes. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.

In order to be successful, all you've got to do is show up 80 percent of the time.

My grandfather was a very insignificant man, actually. At his funeral his hearse followed the other cars.

He's a politician. That's a notch below child molester.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Retirement is a very subjective thing. There are guys I know who retire and they're very happy and they never miss work at all. I can't see myself retiring and fondling a dog every day. I like to get up and work and go out. I have too much energy or too much nervous anxiety or something. So I don't see myself retiring. Maybe I will suddenly get a stroke or a heart attack and I will be forced to retire, but if my health holds out I don't expect to retire.