Considering the extravagance of my expectations, the flying experience was bound to be a disappointment.

There is no such thing as a beauty contest . . . Beauty is noncompetitive. Beauty of any kind stands alone, unmatched, inimitable, uncontested.

Tears are for happiness.

It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.

If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.

I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

One final bit of advice. The next time a senior administrator of the CIA tells you she has a national-security crisis Leave the bullshit in Cambridge.

I lived for the night, because I could go over to your house. It was the only thing that kept me going. You were the only thing, actually. It was… you.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

None of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

We are all wise for other people, none for himself.