She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.

Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases.

The world is a never-ending cross-reference.

I find it unbearable to need a body in order to exist.

Through men ... you learn how the world is. Through women you learn what it is.

Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.

I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.

As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end.

Conversations consist for the most part of things one does not say.

Man is a sad mammal that combs its hair.

I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things.

Time your actions so you're not fighting against the currents but moving with them.

Stand-up comedy is like the lowest medium in all of show business in levels of respect.

It's easy to tell who the folks are that don't believe in evolution. They're the ones who have refused to participate in it.

I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.

I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].

If anyone should have the right or need to carry a gun, it should be the African-American community.

You run the race to win, that's for sure.

Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world.