Because I was young, I had this long hair, and people used to try to tip me with joints.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel.

I wish that real estate were cheaper and clothes were more expensive.

I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.

I believe in talking behind peoples' backs. That way, they hear it more than once.

I drank my lifetime supply of alcohol and I took my lifetime supply of drugs between the ages of 15 and 19.