The purity of Jewish upbringing is the restrictions that one carries through life being a "nice Jewish girl" -- what a burden!

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.

'You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.'

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

I'm not the public.