Sometimes one has to know something many times over. Sometimes one forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets, and then remembers. And then forgets again.

Evolution strikes me as infinitely more spiritually profound than Genesis.

So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. Some would call that an ethics.

Friendship's like a relationship between friends.

RETURN TO TENDEROur aging parents deserve the same loving care they gave us in infancyKamil Ali

When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which is a hilarious gesture.

Nothing important on Wall Street can be counted on to occur exactly in the same way as it happened before.

Prostitutes don't sell their bodies, they rent their bodies. Housewives sell their bodies when they get married.

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

The thing is, you throw brains and souls into an animal and stir, you don’t really know what you’re going to get.

If the president of the United States, if he's smart, if he needs help, he’d come. I could do a favor for the president

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.