The best way to get around in New York is to be both rich and patient.

- Kate Simon

I was taken by William Burroughs’ presence and intelligence from the first time I was introduced to him, by Lester Bangs in 1975. He was thrilling to…

- Kate Simon

A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly on a last str…

- Kate Simon

Go slow. If you have the time for eight countries, take five. If you're rushed to take five, take three.

- Kate Simon

The New York waiter ... knows more than you do about everything. He disapproves of your taste in food and clothing, your gauche manners, your miserli…

- Kate Simon

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

- Kate Simon