I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations start in.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.

It's always painful when you're writing memoirs because you've got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance to find out the person you really are, not the person you thought you were.

I go to see plays all the time, and whenever I see Chekhov, I'm amazed at how this Russian play strikes home to me living 100 years later in New York City. I'm drawn to him because of his way with characters and their relationships with each other.

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.