People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present.

1975 is as much a historical document as 1803.

I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that's where all the money goes.

The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.

Oh, I never use a seat belt. I don't believe in gravity.

You cannot write to resonate twenty or thirty or forty years from now. You only can write for that very day, but whatever happens is all gravy.