You don't have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.

Britain cherishes her eccentrics and wisely holds that the function of government is to build a walled garden in which anarchy can flourish.

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.

Happiness is the only thing I understand.

I have to realise that as I am only English and am allowed to live in America, I have to give something in return. And since I cannot build a hospital, or endow a university, I can only give my infinite availability.

I have to work in England, but here in America you don't have to work. You can sort of enter the profession of being.

It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it's also true that people who look funny get stuck with the arts.