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

When someone asks, 'Why do you think he's not calling me?' there's always one answer - 'He's not interested.' There's not ever any other answer.

I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.

[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail.

Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive.

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.

There is nothing more mine than my writing, nothing I'm more proprietary about.