I was fairly poor but most of my money went for wine and classical music. I loved to mix the two together.

An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.

she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.

bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do about it

It's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left.