There are no pimps, no whores, no transvestites - gone. Now that's more the culture I'm comfortable in ... I don't like it in the house, you know what I mean, but I like it somewhere around.

I'll love you when my eyes are open, I'll love you when my eyes are gone.

I never say never about anything.

Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.

What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.

Sex may be a little more factual than love. You know whether it's good or bad. You know whether you liked it or not. You're not going to change your mind about it ten years later.

If I started thinking too much about how influential I've been, then I'd be more of a turd than I already am.