I'm not really into comfort books. There are too many of those as it is. Just sort of narcotic books, like my grandmother used to read. They have value like Paxil has value, but there's plenty of them in the world already. There's a shortage of confronting, stimulating, exciting books.

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

I think America is just so in love with conflict.

Anymore, no one's mind is their own.

If you worry about disaster all the time, that's what you're going to get.

Burn the Louvre, and wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa. This way at least, God would know our names.