What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have.

But perhaps this is what goes wrong with long marriages--you state your opinions, your likes and dislikes, at the beginning and then forget to mention when they change" (135).

I don't want to give a cool appraisal of Jeremy Irons. I just want to boil him in oil.

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.

I just think I'm fairly aggressive.

I don't know where I am going, I just know I had to leave. Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

These are not bad people. All they are concerned about is to see that their sweet little girls are not required to sit in school alongside some big overgrown Negroes.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

I learn things late-and only the hard way.

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.

That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

I am a fast cook. I have to be, as I am a busy person with many responsibilities and don't have a lot of time for cooking.