Eternity is really long, especially near the end.

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.

One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles.

Ads answered out of desperation in the New York Review of Books proved equally futile as…the 'Bay Area Bisexual' told me I didn't quite coincide with either of her desires.

I'll work by myself for years and then I'll think it'll be fun to et one of my friends like Marshall Brickman or Doug McGrath into a room and not be alone for the writing of the thing; to have the pleasure of taking walks and get lunch together; its sort of a fun process and then I do it and then I get back on my own for a while until I feel the need to do it again.

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

I didn't believe in reincarnation in my past life, and I still don't.