People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you're not.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

You take care of family first, friends second, and neighbors when you can.

I love to receive a beautiful postcard from your place of voyage.

The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.

Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.

In a key--but commonly overlooked--aspect of obesity, weight gain can be caused by the slightest increases in consumption, if it continues day in and day out.

We fought for freedom together. We had no government, no weapons to help us. We defeated such a big empire without any government, without any arms.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young

I can work inside the boundaries of Erika Murphy, or whoever the character is. It's fun to create somebody that's not you, that doesn't exist.

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

The best antidote to the disruptive power of innovation is overregulation.