Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

I knew the woodsy fragrance that accompanied Reed was his natural scent. It was one of the many things that made him hard to resist.

Giving and empathy provide us with opportunities to nurture our innate goodness.

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

Wherever is your heart I call home.

Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force.

No opinion that cannot stand discussion or criticism is worth holding.

Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.

Some things never leave a person: scent of the hair of one you love, the texture of persimmons, in your palm, the ripe weight.

I have lots of things that aren't so old that I value, such as a copy of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," which he signed for me.

The city [ LA] is kind of going through an interesting transition; sort of renaissance time where there is so much going on here. I think it's really exciting to be here.