When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

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

Generally speaking, it is inhumane to detain a fleeting insight.

I walk a lot in New York, not for the exercise but to get from place to place, and because it's the way of having the least contact with human beings.

Your responsibility as a parent is never great as the case is with the mother.

The good thing about being in someone else's apartment is it's so much easier to leave than it is to get someone out.

We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.