As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
ALAN KINGI didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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