I'm scared that if I collaborated on something with somebody, I would be in some way losing my own contact with what I was going and tempting fate.

There is something very attractive about blonds, especially for brunettes. Its been said that blonds are loved and brunettes do the loving.

With short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety of sunglasses. Short hair removes obvious femininity and replaces it with style.

I was a very polite schoolgirl who did her work very well and hid under tables. I'd hate to think I haven't changed at all.

My worst image of myself is me sitting on a bed, smoking a cigarette, waiting for a phone call and thinking thoughts that don't join together.

The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully.

When you're writing, you're demented, alone, and full of doubt. It feels dangerous.

The Germans have a wonderful combination of pathos, energy, and humor. They are like Californians with an education.

Paris is the only place where I feel that I lead a life that I can call my own.

I'd like to live in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles all at the same time.

I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page of my novel was about.

I am a vicious and unrepentant killer who should be locked up. With him, my idiot boyfriend.

My mind is my canvas

[it's about] being bitter but patient with your own bitterness so you could learn to be wise and be kind of returned to whatever innocence you might have once had before you became bitter.

You have to leave all your options open. And if you don't leave your options open, you're a fool.

It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude.

The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns.

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

A law is a law. It can be voted in. It can be voted out. It can be voted in and stay in as long as you have the majority. And where do you have the majority? You kid yourself.

To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

I'm never going to be like, "Oh, this attention from women sucks." It's flattering 99 percent of the time.