Jay Parini Quotes

Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.

I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she had a sad little funeral in Montparnasse in Paris.

Christopher Hitchens was a writer and an orator with a matchless style, commanding a vocabulary and a range of literary and historical allusion far wider than anybody I know.

I love Caitlin Moran, because I feel like she's a friend, or a friend I want to have at least.

I've known Laurence Fishburne for about twenty years.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.

Cybill Shepherd's mother - her name is Patty - is a good friend of mine.

What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.

Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.

I have known Michael Richards for something like 20 years. We're friends.

Gary Bauer is a very good - he's a good friend of mine.

I've known Johnny Depp since I was 19.

Mark Twain cannot be defined.

I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.

I've not worked with Martin Freeman. I've hung out with him, but I've not worked with him.

I never really got to know Jimi as a person.

I live on civil terms with Mr. Adams but not on intimate ones.

Kate Mara is actually one of my really good friends.

Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.

Jonathan Bennett and I are very close friends.

One of my best and dearest friends in the world is this guy named Robert Burke, who was in 'Rescue Me.'

Victor Rasuk is a good friend of mine.

I like Ben Stein. I think he's funny, creative, and an insightful commentator on a host of issues.

Christopher Hitchens and I were not friends or even acquaintances. We never met or spoke on the phone, just exchanged occasional brief letters - notes, really - hand-written and snail-mailed at first, e-mailed later.