Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.

Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue.

I hate money. It is boring and it is arithmetic. The two things I hate the most.

Things that people will say to me, mostly, is that you shouldn't have all these books. It's too expensive.

The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen died all at once. And with AIDS, a whole generation of gay men died practically all at once, within a couple of years.

Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth.

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.