Wine Is A Civilizing Agent.

The Tantrums Of Cloth-headed Celluloid Idols Are Deemed Fit For Grown-up Conversation, While Silence Settles Over Such A Truly Important Matter As Food.

A Bottle Of Wine Begs To Be Shared; I Have Never Met A Miserly Wine Lover. The Social Emotions It Generates Are Equidistant From The Philatelist's Solitary Gloating And The Football Fan's Gregarious Hysteria.

A Sense Of Humor Is The Ability To Understand A Joke-and That The Joke Is Oneself.

The Only Reason For Being Young Is To Outgrow It.

My Main Recollection Is Of The Work I Had To Do In Order To Eat