I just write when fear overtakes me.

New York was always more expensive than any other place in the United States, but you could live in New York - and by New York, I mean Manhattan. Brooklyn was the borough of grandparents. We didn't live well. We lived in these horrible places. But you could live in New York. And you didn't have to think about money every second.

Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of art is that life imitates it.

Generally speaking, the poorer person summers where he winters.

A woman's quest in life should be to find the perfect apartment. And I have found the perfect apartment. The perfect apartment is the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum. With a sofa.

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail.