The worst that can be said about pornography is that it leads not to anti-social acts but to the reading of more pornography

I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was always an enemy, and Time magazine, off and on, the enemy, because I said things and took positions that other people didn't do.

Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major

The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'

I don't seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I'm realistic.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.