For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.

To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire.

It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward the vividly imaginative. For although it may momentarily appear to be the case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars.

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.

In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled.

I just can't smile at people for money.

I hate all jobs. I've never had a job I liked.