Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities.

There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see, and the kind who has an image in his head and goes out to accomplish it. The first visitor has an easier time, but I think the second visitor sees more.

I think that we're always drawn - particularly sophisticated people - are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.

I don't miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy.

Paris, on the other hand, looked exactly as it was supposed to look. It wore its heart on its sleeve, and the strange thing was that the heart it wore so openly was in other ways so closed-mysterious, uninviting.

Over all, there are now more people under “correctional supervision” in America-more than six million-than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height.

After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so.