I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

Polite conversation is rarely either.

I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.

I woke up at five o'clock in the morning with the whole first paragraph in my head. Now, this just shows what a slothful person I am: I tried to go back to sleep.

I'm like the laziest person who ever lived. It's amazing to me I even sit up.

A woman's quest in life should be to find the perfect apartment. And I have found the perfect apartment. The perfect apartment is the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum. With a sofa.