The chief problem about death ... is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought.

There are two important things in the world, the first is sex. The other isn't all that important.

Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see again… I knew only as I drove through the cold, night autumn air that somewhere Freud, Sophocles and Eugene O’Neill were laughing.

Culturally speaking, I was raised in a Jewish household. In addition to the religious side of it, I was taught respect for books and learning and the higher professions like medicine and law and teaching.

It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.

It's very hard to keep your spirits up. You've got to keep selling yourself a bill of goods, and some people are better at lying to themselves than others. If you face reality too much, it kills you.... you've got to find an answer to the question: Why go on?

This stuff tastes awful; I could have made a fortune selling it in my health-food store.