Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and such children are an excellent addition to any party.

When we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an 18 year old has no clue that it's a revival. Despite the fact that they're almost always online they don't get references. I think that's part of why visual things are becoming so derivative.

I never would start writing before midnight and I would finish at, like, seven in the morning.

In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled.

The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.

If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am.

In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in a word. When I write, I read everything out loud to get the right rhythm.