Most people would have found it grotesque, but when you're in love nothing is so abstract or horrible that it can't be thought of as cute.

I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.

To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.

I don't like being left to my own thoughts.

I'd always thought that I understood this, but lately I realize that what I call "understanding" is basically just fantasizing.

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.

Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it sometimes seemed like a nice idea, I hoped the revolution would not take place during my lifetime. I didn't want the rich to go away until I could at least briefly join their ranks.