The tantrums of cloth-headed celluloid idols are deemed fit for grown-up conversation, while silence settles over such a truly important matter as food.

A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.

Muhammad Ali: Superman Don't need no seat belt. Flight Attendant: Superman Don't need no airplane, either.

Wine is poetry in a bottle.

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.