The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister aura, the pale, soft-spoken magical presence, the skin and bones . . .

I thought that young people had more problems than old people...Then I looked around and saw that everybody who looked young had young problems and that everybody who looked old had old problems.

The lobbies are always the best-looking place in the hotel-you wish you could bring out a cot and sleep in them. Compared to the lobby, your room always looks like a closet.

People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting.

I don't want to be smart, because being smart makes you depressed.

I always notice flowers.

In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.