The roe is reputed to sleep for a thousand years and then suddenly rise in flames, particularly if it was smoking when it dozed off.

In the shower, with the hot water coming down, you've left the real world behind, and very frequently things open up for you. It's the change of venue, the unblocking the attempt to force the ideas that's crippling you when you're trying to write.

My grandfather had a wonderful funeral... On the buffet table there was a replica of the deceased in potato salad.

My grammy never gave gifts, you know. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks.

I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.

I think there is too much wrong with the world to ever get too relaxed and happy. The more natural state, and the better one, I think, is one of some anxiety and tension over man's plight in this mysterious universe.

I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.