[on the passing of Elaine Kaufman] That was her specialty, writers. No sane restaurant in New York is friendly to writers because they don't have money--and if they do have money, they don't spend it in restaurants.
[on the feud between Elaine Kaufman and A.E. Hotchner] He was a good friend of mine. He wrote a play about Elaine--and Elaine saw the damn audition. She hated it, hated it! And her lawyers chase Hotchner down.