An author's first duty is to let down his country.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

You made one mistake. You married me.