When I Buy A New Book, I

The Last Four Years Of Psychoanalysis Are A Waste Of Money.

[on George W. Bush:] How Is It Possible That The President Is Off On Vacation And The Vice President Is, Too? Not That It Matters That Much If The President Is On Vacation; On Some Level, The President Is Always On Vacation.

My Closet Is Full Of Sad Little Scripts That Didn't Get Made That Have Sad Endings. It's Very Hard To Get A Movie Made That Has A Sad Ending.

Sometimes I Wonder About My Life. I Lead A Small Life - Well, Valuable, But Small - And Sometimes I Wonder, Do I Do It Because I Like It, Or Because I Haven't Been Brave? So Much Of What I See Reminds Me Of Something I Read In A Book, When Shouldn't It Be The Other Way Around? I Don't Really Want An Answer. I Just Want To Send This Cosmic Question Out Into The Void. So Good Night, Dear Void. - You've Got Mail

I Live In New York City. I Could Never Live Anywhere Else. The Events Of September 11 Forced Me To Confront The Fact That No Matter What, I Live Here And Always Will. One Of My Favorite Things About New York Is That You Can Pick Up The Phone And Order Anything And Someone Will Deliver It To You. Once I Lived For A Year In Another City, And Almost Every Waking Hour Of My Life Was Spent Going To Stores, Buying Things, Loading Them Into The Car, Bringing Them Home, Unloading Them, And Carrying Them Into The House. How Anyone Gets Anything Done In These Places Is A Mystery To Me.