We live in ugly times.

Physical contact is a human necessity.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out.

There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.

One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy‚ but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat‚ and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.

Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional.