I've always loathed rich people, so I've become who I've loathed, which makes it doubly difficult, if you can follow me.

It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.

I’d rather have the thieves than the neighbors - the thieves don't impose. Thieves just want your things, neighbors want your time.

I have no sense of well-being. There's no chance the well will run dry.

I'm trying to elevate small-talk to medium talk.

Who do you think has more freedom: the married man in America or the single man in Communist China?

You can't do anything in life. The social barriers in life are so intense and horrific that every encounter is just fraught with so many problems and dread. Every social situation is a potential nightmare.