I drove a cab. But all the girls I knew when I was young who had to work - there were rich girls - but the ones who had to work were waitresses. Because you could always get shifts in a restaurant.

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.

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

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.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

I wouldn't say that I dislike the young. I'm simply not a fan of naïveté.