History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.

Reality is something the human race doesn't handle very well.

No reform ever came from the bottom, and it was always people who understood how the ruling class worked who turned out to be the reformers.

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.

I look into my own black heart.

I might become an ascetic, live in India. A little rice is about the best I can do now.

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.