To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?
Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same time that brunette becomes a good color for flowers.
I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
Because I was young, I had this long hair, and people used to try to tip me with joints.
Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
Luckily when you drive a cab there are two things: You don’t have a boss in the cab with you, and you are not facing the people that you are making money from.
Generally speaking, the poorer person summers where he winters.
Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram.
Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.
Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue.
If food did not exist it would be well-nigh impossible to get certain types off the phone, as one would be unable to say, ‘Look, I’ve got to run but let’s have dinner sometime soon.’
I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.
Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.
I just can’t smile at people for money.
Sleep is death without the responsibility.
If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you’ve imagined. Venice is – Venice is better.
If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.
I drove a cab. But all the girls I knew when I was young who had to work – there were rich girls – but the ones who had to work were waitresses. Because you could always get shifts in a restaurant.