I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?

The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes.

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

When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people's lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.

Once you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you.

I don't like to read nonfiction. To me, fact is something I can look up.

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.