Eventually, life of the party is just like any other job. I've thought of myself that way at times, but it's sort of like holding everybody hostage. It diminishes everyone else. And ultimately, your friends don't require it of you.

I hate caviar. Ugh! The freebase of food!

What I really like is the marriage of both [writing and acting] - for instance, with Postcards. I don't actually act in it, but I worked on it with Mike [Nichols] as I went along, creating the character, so it was a bit like acting for me.

Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs.

Come to think of [a handsome young carpenter], Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter.

My favorite one to see is the metal bikini on men.

Sid said that drugs weren't the problem, life was the problem. Drugs were the solution.