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?

Everything in Japan is hidden. Real life has an unlisted phone number.

I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards.

I've never seen the Kardashians; I'm not sure who they are. But I know a lot about them because it's impossible not to.

One [New York] eatery is a remodeled diner that looks like what Busby Berkeley would have done if only he hadn't had the money.

New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York - and by New York, I mean Manhattan. Brooklyn was the borough of grandparents. We didn't live well. We lived in these horrible places. But you could live in New York. And you didn't have to think about money every second.

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.