I think fame is something that you've achieved in your inner self that becomes known to others outside you. There are really very few famous people in history.

No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.

Publishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is.

I think America, really, is over.

Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The New York Times were sclerotic, meaning, "completely turned to rock." The critics here are that way.

The New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.

There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.