In most Life Situations, the truth is irrelevant. Once in a great while, however, it's the only thing you've got.

Death is meaningless unless it happens to someone you know.

Nowhere in the world can you find a wider variety of empty calories than at any American convenience store.

Look, I learned from your uncle that when the universe turns out to be insane, the wise man embraces insanity.

The messages must be stuck somewhere in the tube of light underneath the ocean that connects London and New York.

You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.

Maturity doesn't mean you stop fighting, you just change the things you fight for.

The only thing God is building in this world is his church.

I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.

Tonight the world is yours, as am I.

I remember going to see Amiri Baraka. It wasn't actually too long before he died. He said, "You've got to write to change the world!" I was like, "Not me, no, no, no, no."

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

The wrong use of a thing is far worse than the non-use.