There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.

A great many people in Los Angeles are on special diets that restrict their intake of synthetic foods. The reason for this appears to be a widely held belief that organically grown fruits and vegetables make the cocaine work faster.

White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

To me the biggest waste of time is commuting. First, there is no place that is less than a two-hour commute from New York. You can be half a mile outside of the city limits; you're two hours away by car. I don't care how close they tell you it is. "Oh, it's only thirty miles." Thirty miles? At 8:30 in the morning, thirty miles outside New York, you might as well be starting out in Omaha.

Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people.

I am not... totally unreceptive to colour providing it makes its appearance quietly, deferentially, and without undue fanfare.