When you reach a certain age, suddenly there are lots of people younger than you, which is really startling.

Now people need special costumes to ride bicycles. I mean, a helmet, what, are you an astronaut??

The good thing about being in someone else's apartment is it's so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out.

The 3 questions of greatest concern are:, 1) Is it attractive?, 2) Is it amusing?, 3) Does it know its place?

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered. It takes it out of you. It's very psychically wearing not to write - I mean if you're supposed to be writing.

We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.