My life is fairly normal. I didn't wake up one morning and find out that I'm suddenly a star, with people clamoring at me. I feel like I'm moving up the ladder just a little, which is fine.

At some point, you just pull off the band aid and it hurts. But when it is over, you are relieved.

Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.

Everything that happens in America happens in New York.

If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell.

There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing.

For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.

Walls are made of fear; bridges are made of love!

It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

I was reading emails from women who are alternately chuckling or outraged. One of them said, "Do you hate women? Would you just be honest?" No, folks, no! It's quite the opposite.

I really loved music and went to a lot of clubs to see bands and dance. I loved going out.