People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.