If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

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

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one.

I have a double policy, which would also solve immigration: I would stand at the border of New York City and I would say, "You can come here to live, but you can't come here to visit."

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people's lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.

Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write.