You sit or stand in the subway, and you look around - I do, because I don't have a phone so I'm not playing a game - and you see people.

I have a hard time writing. Most writers have a hard time writing. I have a harder time than most because I'm lazier than most. I don't want to brag, but I'm the laziest person I have ever known.

In Rome people spend most of their time having lunch. And they do it very well - Rome is unquestionably the lunch capital of the world.

No one's supposed to be the president. This is not England. And it's not just the Bush family, all families designate each child as having some particular trait.

Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.

I could not possibly be in a relationship now for more than six days. When I was younger, I might have said six months, although I think the longest relationship I was ever in was three years.

remember this: no matter how politely or distinctly you ask a Parisian a question he will persist in answering you in French.