In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This is why most people are more hesitant to do print, because they can change it, and they do change it. They even change things that are in quotation marks, which is a pet peeve of mine. I've said to numerous reporters, "Would you read me back my direct quotes?" And they always say no. They always say that's against the policy.

Writing pornography is deadly, nothing duller. I mean a toll-taker has a more exciting life than a pornographer.

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

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.

Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing.

Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.

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