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I can’t stand so much of what I see in the Soho posh art gallery scene. The other day at Jack Gelber’s house, John Ashbery said, “Well, doesn’t everybody read the Soho Weekly News?” I don’t, sir.

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At 1:30 AM, I shut off the TV set, with the election still in doubt. Carter was very close to an electoral majority, but the Western states were going heavily for Ford.

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The bright TV lights came on as I stood near the door. Mrs. Carter – Rosalynn – came in first. Then Jimmy came in, and the crowd was electrified. I was just a couple of feet away from him, and Secret Service agents would hardly let you get closer.

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The office of the presidency is where men are supposed to make history, not illegitimate babies.

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Joe, the 89-year-old grandpappy, is from a generation that thinks “tinder” is something you use to start a fire rather than to get herpes.

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It’s unlikely that Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton would have been as popular as they were had LBJ never been elected president.

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The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations.

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There’s basically a giant space ship at the bottom of the ocean.

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What does it take to get a groove on the most important record of all time? Well… if you’re not fluent in Sumerian or Wu, and you didn’t pen “Johnny B. Goode,” and you aren’t then United Nations Secretary General Waldheim, then your chances of being heard on the most comprehensive LP of humanity’s pursuits ever pressed are rather slim.