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.

Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires - smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge - are basically solitary pursuits.

Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects.

What starts love is your ability to stupefy and blind yourself to the point of being able to fall in love. What stops it is waking up.

No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.