Never judge a cover by its book.

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

Nothing lasts. So it's my belief, yes, I know a lot of the things that we liked didn't last, but maybe things we don't like, they're also not going to last. There has been progress in my lifetime. There are certainly things that are better than when I was young, and there are things that are worse. New York City, it's worse. There's no question.

It's very disheartening to encounter a fearful twenty-one year old. They haven't earned the right to be that afraid. It's not like we're living in war-torn Bosnia or something.

Smoking is the great romance of my lifetime. If I could find someone I wanted forty-five times a day, perhaps I could stop.

Writers have problems writing sex scenes, because writing one really well is pornography.

[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell.