I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

In America sex is an obsession. In Europe it's a fact of life.

Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls at 6:30 each morning.

I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.

If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.

I always feel bad for those who, in a sense, cede their authority to others, let others make major decisions about their life and actually believe them. When you're tiny, you have no choice. But as soon as your mind starts working, you pretty well figure it out. And you realize you're a hostage until you're old enough to leave. But as long as you have that goal - I will get out of here - you'll be OK.

Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.