A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for their opinions, in which getting into a nightclub is seen as a significant human achievement.

The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.

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.

Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.

Bottles of wine aren't like paintings. At some point you have to consume them. The object in life is to die with no bottles of wine in your cellar. To drink your last bottle of wine and go to sleep that night and not wake up.

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.

Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.