I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness."

Yo! You’re my dope dealer not my thesis adviser. If I wanted your opinion about my dissertation, I’d have asked for it, Motherfucker!

“Et Tu, Babe” was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer’s life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I love reading and writing, it’s my whole life.

Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.

One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic.

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

I was an infinitely hot and dense dot.

The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind.

It's in great joy that we grasp truth.

I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have that look.

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

History is simply what's behind us.

Even when we seek advice from others, deep inside we wish the advice given to us is the one we are secretly already wishing for in our hearts.

There are no plans, just people fooling themselves by attempting to design their fates and futures. It makes them feel invincible, even if it’s for a transient period of time.

The solution of the difficulties which formerly surrounded the mathematical infinite is probably the greatest achievement of which our age has to boast.

The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America.

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

Show business can be an addiction. ... An audience would laugh at me one night, and I would chase that high for another three months.

In times of war, the law falls silent.

The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.

I am not a failure if I don't succeed; I am successful because I tried.