“I'm a pretty calm person. That came from living in Italy for a long time. Nothing works, nothing is on time. You have to learn to deal with it.”
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“There's a certain Buddhistic calm that comes from having... money in the bank.”
“Switters was actually quite fond of Seattle's weather, and not merely because of it's ambivalence. He liked it's subtle, muted qualities and the landscape that those qualities encouraged if not engendered: vistas that seemed to have been sketched with a sumi brush dipped in quicksilver and green tea. It was fresh, it was clean, it was gently primal, and mystically suggestive.”
“I go into a gallery or museum, and I realize that I don't have to formulate any opinions if I don't want to. I don't have to think this thing through and write about it at any great length. I can think about it if I want to; if not, I can just walk out. So I can enjoy painting really a lot more than I could when I had that sort of pressure.”
“I'm really a cool, mellow guy. I'm not as crazy as everybody thinks.”
“Outside of show business, I live a normal life.”
“When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.].”
“Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.”
“I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut.”
“We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back.”
“Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.”
“A certain giving up of control is good for the soul.”
“I'm old, and so busy with work, that I like to just stay home and get my sleep now. I try not to burn both ends of the candle.”
“I'm very grounded - that's how I would put it. If you met my mother, you'd probably say the same thing about her. I had a very sane upbringing, though some very insane things happened.”
“I'm a bit of a homebody. It doesn't take long for me to get to the point where I'm ready to be home again.”
“I just live one day at a time. That's my new theory in life.”
“It snowed all week. Wheels and footsteps moved soundlessly on the street, as if the business of living continued secretly behind a pale but impenetrable curtain. In the falling quiet there was no sky or earth, only snow lifting in the wind, frosting the window glass, chilling the rooms, deadening and hushing the city. At all hours it was necessary to keep a lamp lighted, and Mrs. Miller lost track of the days: Friday was no different from Saturday and on Sunday she went to the grocery: closed, of course.”
“What I do requires fantastic concentration... but you can't be totally alone, or you lose all contact with reality, so even when I'm engrossed and secluded, Jack Dunphy can be there. He's my oldest and best friend, and best critic too.”
“Let's take everything just as it is.”
“When I'm at my grandparents', I know I literally have to do nothing but relax, enjoy myself, and enjoy my family members' company.”