Performance Is An Act Of Faith.

Artists Never Make Wars. They Are Too Busy Making Life Out Of The Matter Of Their Visions.

The New York Voice Reflects Its Diversity, Its Foreignness, And, Inevitably, The Sense Of Superiority New Yorkers Feel Or Come To Feel. It Says, Without Saying, We Know.

I Would Call An Intellectual One Whose Instrument Of Work - His Mind - Is Also His Major Source Of Pleasure; A Man Whose Entertainment Is His Intelligence.

Flirtation ... Is A Graceful Salute To Sex, A Small Impermanent Spark Between One Human Being And Another, Between A Man And A Woman Not In Need Of Fire.

[the Sea] Is The Healer And The Reviver, It Cleanses The Cavities Of Self-disgust And Melancholy, Of Sloth And Negation With The Salt Solution Of Life. It Cures The Lethargies Of Flesh And Spirit With The Slap And Shake Of Elemental Force. It Cradles And Comforts. Give It Trust And It Holds You Secure; Fight It And It Kills.