Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.

It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

American hunting is quite different from English hunting because we don't hunt to kill. Even if I wanted to kill a fox, I couldn't. They're too smart and they have too many ways to escape me, whereas they don't in England.

Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Youth moves out, leaving no forwarding address. No matter how you try, you can't reach that person again or that place.