Better a square foot of New York than all the rest of the world in a lump - better a lamppost on Broadway than the brightest star in the sky.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

I would rather have a square inch of New York than all the rest of the world.

He bought me so many orchids that I looked like a well-kept grave.

Success has killed more men than bullets.

A guy who'd cheat on his wife would cheat at cards.

Before walking in someone else’s shoes, you have to remove your shoes first.

The best part about being a writer is getting the last word.

Some things stayed secrets even when you told them.

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. I have only touched it, just touched it.

The fact is, we need help, and we need each other.

Surely few if any readers have come across the sentence they are now reading, and someone who had by chance heard or seen it could not possibly remember such a fact.

When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own!

The brain abhors discrepancies.