Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.

Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.

It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover the world didn't miss you when you were gone.

In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.

Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.

Death should take more care with his paperwork.

He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

All coincidences are Odd. That's what makes them coincidences.

The wisest man knows he know nothing.

Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.

A place that proves if you get enough talented people in a room, one or two are bound to offer some helpful advice. Kind if like monkeys with typewriters.

Without a vision, where is the focus?

500. There are paradoxes. If there were no night, we would be deprived of themagnificent image of a starry sky. Thus light deprives us of "vision, " anddarkness helps us "see.

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

I never fall apart, because I never fall together.

Within the extent of your knowledge, you are right.

Sometimes Harvey Weinstein will let me use the Miramax jet if I'm opening a supermarket for him.

My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.

The story of journalism, on a day-to-day basis, is the story of the interaction of reporters and officials

I couldn't have gotten into Harvard with a crowbar.

I can make men follow me to hell.