The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.

In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and unpoetic. The circumstances that lead up to sex I find more interesting.

I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane.

I'm an old sinner. Nothing shocks me.