I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising.

Do not listen to the killjoys who tell you never to eat oysters in months that do not contain the letter R: May, June, July, August, Octoba. You know.

I would say 70 percent of people who are in therapy are in therapy not because of their upbringing, not because of their mean sister or obsessions, but because of anxiety brought about by lack of financial security.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I don't know if you've ever been shoved into the bow of a nutshell pram, a boat that is very easily almost liftable with one hand, and quite tippy, and is being piloted by a 12-year-old, but it is the true feeling of having your life in someone else's hands, and it's very precarious.

I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure.

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.