If I could just hope to have a major talent, then I would rather have it in music than in any other field.

The whole concept of awards is silly. I cannot abide by the judgment of other people, because if you accept it when they say you deserve an award, then you have to accept it when they say you don't.

I can't with any conscience argue for New York with anyone. It's like Calcutta. But I love the city in an emotional, irrational way, like loving your mother or your father even though they're a drunk or a thief. I've loved the city my whole life - to me, it's like a great woman.

All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.

I wouldn't necessarily want to be a big muscular guy. It's nice to be gorgeous whether you're male or female assuming you don't lose whatever else you have.

If you take a frown and turn it upside down, the person you are holding by the ankles will soon pass out.

I wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer.