I really gave up being passionate about politics 10, 15, 20 years ago, because I think finally that there were forces in the country that are larger than politics itself. And so I find it a fascinating game, this wonderful stuff goes on in terms of watching the game. But If you get to down it, look, I`m going to root for someone, I`ll root at a football game, not for politicians.

I always start a book for money. If you're married five times you have to.

Madness is locked beneath. It goes into tissues, is swallowed by the cells. The cells go mad. Cancer is their flag. Cancer is thegrowth of madness denied.

Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation.

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war.

I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style.

Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.