To be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.

And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my pillow behind my head, and having a sip of that champagne, and just as I was bringing down and adjusting my Thai purple sleep mask, I had an inkling. I had a flash. I suddenly thought I knew what it was that had killed Marilyn Monroe.

I hadn't had a perfect moment yet. And it's very important for me to have perfect moments in exotic countries like that... it kind of lets you know when it's time to go home.

All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities.

I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him

I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath.

I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel.