I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.

If there had been a job of being a reader, I would have taken that, because I love to read and I don't love to write. That would be blissful.

What do they do in these [private] clubs, anyway? Sit around saying things like 'Thank God I'm here. No Jews! What fun! This is living, huh? Look! No Jews! I don't know when I've had a better time. And no women! Just men! And no blacks! Just whites! White men! White men who are not Jewish! It doesn't get any better than this.' To some people, apparently, this is a perfect description of injustice. To me, this is a perfect description of a gay bar in Iceland.

My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.

By the time everyone catches up with you, you're bored.

if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.

Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.