When you're 18, you're just so busy being scared and having fun - a crazy mixture - that you never thought of dying.

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.

I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.

When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?

I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.

Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

Some people say funny things - but I say things funny.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Music lets you write your own checks. Don't ever forget that.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

This is a fundamental question, Mr. Mayor [ Rudy Giuliani ]. Is the president of the United States legitimate or not? Do you believe it? If you believe it, why doesn't your candidate state it.

There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!

We rarely wrestle with apology and lose.

Virality isn’t born, it’s made.

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

If the law doesn't apply equally to everybody, then you don't really have a system of law.