Alan King

When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books.

Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

Smoked salmon is for dinner. Belly lox is for breakfast. Don't get that mixed up.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.