"Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human."
"To be is to do - SocratesTo do is to be - SartreDo Be Do Be Do - Sinatra"
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC"
"When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into meat in there. Can your dad do that?"
"Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer."
"One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us."