Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of art is that life imitates it.

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

remember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.

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

You know, almost everyone is an irritant to me. I think people have forgotten what the word 'public' means. 'Public' means you're going to be irritated. It's a natural consequence of leaving one's home. You go outside, and there are people who are irritating. I'll be standing on the sidewalk, and someone berates me for smoking. I look at the person and think, but what about your shoes? How can you wear shoes like that and have the confidence to accost someone like me?

I am alternately very gregarious - very sociable - and then very solitary.

The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York ... where a puny eight million people are trying to live. Unless they own a hotel chain, I don't think a single one of these eight million people are happy about this.