Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it’s like sex, and as with sex its more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting relationship with anyone  who is not interested in food. – Alan King

In New York, even if you’re a Catholic, you’re Jewish. – Lenny Bruce

When an American stays away from New York too long something happens to him. Perhaps he becomes a little provincial, a little dead and afraid. – Sherwood Anderson

Criticism is prejudice made plausible. – H. L. Mencken

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart. – John Updike