I love to imagine inside the head of a woman.

Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.

If being a spokesman for a generation is a fleeting occupation, being a symbol of an era is downright dangerous for anyone who has the bad luck to outlive it.

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.

I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room.

The 20th century saw far greater catastrophes than September 11th, as bad as it was, and they didn't render literature or art or music irrelevant. In fact, I think that literature and art help us to understand - sometimes they provide narratives and metaphors for understanding history, for understanding recent catastrophes.

The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.