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Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.

So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale.

And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy.

I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and scores of other places.

You were saying that once when visiting Yale, you were struck that unlike Pound, Williams's thinking was volatile, I mean, did not stay locked into a pattern of concepts that then defined his subsequent necessary behavior, whereas Pound did.

I was an English major at Yale, but I did do undergraduate theater there. And I went to the graduate school for acting.

I entered Yale in the fall of 1951, and about November of that year, Bill Buckley published 'God and Man at Yale.'

As an undergrad, I was the editor of the Yale humor magazine, and since then, I've published humor in the 'New York Times' and 'Atlantic,' among other places.

As a physics major at Yale in the 1970s, I developed crushes on nearly all my male professors.

I went to Yale and I was a physics and philosophy undergrad, graduated in 2005.

To put on the pinstripe - it's extraordinary. Just being able to play one game with the Yankees is quite an honor.

I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

The first intimation I had that the Yankees were for sale was through an item to that effect in the newspapers. The idea instantly occurred to me that here was a prospect to become interested in a major-league club at home.

I root for the Yankees, so I like to play for a first-place team.

I always wanted to play Lestrade of Scotland Yard 'cause he's a buffoon that gets to wear a uniform. I thought that would be fun.

If people go out and start protests for everything, then entire Tamil Nadu will become a grave yard!

Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.

This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game. I think that's a totally overblown stat.

Writing works when publications are writing and serving the best interest of their users; numbers are good yardstick but not a way to compensate a person.

It has always been accepted, even in pronouncements by the Supreme Court that the Court and its judgements can be subjected to strong, even trenchant criticism. Is the same yardstick not available for comments on the use or abuse of the Court's powers of contempt?

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too.

Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir.

Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, like 'Sex and the City.'