I was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.

It scored right away with me by being the smooth, fine-grained sort, not the coarse flaky, dry-on-the-outside rubbish full of chunds of gut and gristle to testify to its authenticity.

Being American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European.

More always means worse.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.