"Have you ever found anything that gives you relief?" "Yes. A drink."

new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

Deathlessness should be arrived at in a... haphazard fashion. Loving fame as much as any man, we shall carve our initials in the shell of a tortoise and turn him loose in a peat bog.

Oh, I never look under the hood.

The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air, leaving nothing but a memory of bright sound.

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.