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“When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.”

“People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?”

New York Times, June 4, 1984.
On receiving an honorary degree from Williams College

“There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angeles.”

Interviewed in Playboy (February 1979)