Writing is so hard. Why would you be a writer if you weren't really good at it? If you could be anything else, why would you be a writer?

There is one thing that has disappeared, not just from the U.S. but from the entire world, is the idea of ever being embarrassed by anything.

Technological innovation has done great damage ... to eating habits. Food is now available in such unpleasant forms that one frequently finds smoking between courses to be an aid to digestion.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.

There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a great friend.

This idea that people have to love and understand each other is absurd. It's not human nature.