Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I went out into the world when I was about 22. I wrote books and I illustrated books and did book covers, and I taught tap-dancing, and I was a model in the art school. I had no ability for any of those things, but what else could I do?

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

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.

Europeans are quarrelsome.

The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take stock of what you consider your assets but you also have to take a long look at what your friends call “the trouble with you.” Nevertheless, the journey is worth making.