Humor can give you the edge you are looking for.

I've never had the patience of a teacher.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

Do you remember when they taught cursive in schools? I think they don't anymore. But I still enjoy it - just the physical act and all the - the whole business of making a thing out of language.

Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice.

Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent; for they introduce words by the eye, not by the ear.

The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such a distinct way that it could almost be a self-portrait of a sort.

Inscribed on the temple of Apollo

You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.

I just believe in whatever you're going to do, even if it's work, have a little bit of fun attitude about it. You can be happy.

Obviously, all of us have been influenced by those around us.