Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right.

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.

You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to improve yourself? I have never in my entire life met a man who didn't want to go to bed with me because I was too fat.

At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.