I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet been destroyed by technology. But are we making things for the people of our epoch or repeating what has been done before? And finally, is the question itself important? We must ask ourselves that. The most important thing is always to doubt the importance of the question.

Husbands should revolt from time to time. Even the best circus-number becomes boring if the beast is too tame.