I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the same laws as everyone else. It doesn't mean that everyone's as smart or as cute or as lucky as everyone else.

If there had been a job of being a reader, I would have taken that, because I love to read and I don't love to write. That would be blissful.

The first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people.

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.

If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am.

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

New York was always more expensive than the other places, even when it was going bankrupt. In other words, in 1971, New York was expensive for someone with no money. For anyone.