New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me.

The greatest style is when you can't see the style though you walk away knowing it was there. It's like a perfume - there but not there.

Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

There was a kind of cultural life in New York that wasn't as solidified as it is now, it wasn't as money-driven. If you look at the size of the successful art galleries compared to the size of galleries now - there was no such thing as the Gagosian Gallery or Pace Gallery. But it was a time when magazines were a vital part of American life, and Esquire gave me a free pass to every world - I could get to the art world, the theater world, the movie world. It allowed you to roam through the cultural life of New York City.

People who go for humor are wonderful because they do great humor. People who go for wit and end up with humor are people who have made a mistake.

Beauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go.

Style is a way of talking about yourself.