In New York we have zillions of different kinds of people, many of them hate each other, but violence based on that hatred is really uncommon here.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.

What's so great thing about clothes is that they're artificial - you can lie, you can choose the way you look, which is not true of natural beauty. So if you're naturally beautiful, wear what you want, but that's 01% of people. Most people just aren't good looking enough to wear what they have on. They should change. They should get some slacks and a nice overcoat. Remember when the style was incredibly messy hair? That's great if you're a model. But if you're not a model, you would look better if you washed your hair, because you are not beautiful.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

Instead of writing it wrong six times and then writing it right, I think it wrong six times and then write it right the seventh time.