In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled.

Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

In a print interview, as you may or may not know, they [editors] can do whatever they want. And they do. This is why most people are more hesitant to do print, because they can change it, and they do change it. They even change things that are in quotation marks, which is a pet peeve of mine. I've said to numerous reporters, "Would you read me back my direct quotes?" And they always say no. They always say that's against the policy.

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

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

I just write when fear overtakes me.

Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.