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To be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.

I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.

When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo.

He won't fly on the Balinese airline, Garuda, because he won't fly on any airline where the pilots believe in reincarnation.

One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story.

I see [my pen] as an extension of my musculature. It's like being a painter. It's the closest I can get to my breath.

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.

How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself.

When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.

I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.

The finished product is a result of a series of organic, creative mistakes
perception itself becoming the editor of the final report.

All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities.

And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know! ... provided I can memorize the lines.

I refer to jet lag as 'jet-psychosis - there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel.

Everything is contingent, and there is also chaos.

When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room.

The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt.

If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover.

Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours.

I'm kind of this control freak that likes to create his own hells before the real one can get to him

Radio allowed me to be a creator, and TV stole that creation from me by literalizing - and to some extent limiting - my vision.

I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .