... I have always fallen for ads. The sweetheart of J. Walter Thompson, I have a peasant-like belief in whatever miracle they profess to effect.

Emily and I have now reached the time in life when not only do we lie about our ages, we forget what we've said they are.

Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Tragedy can break the heart but not the dam of the tearducts while schmaltz can dissolve the most hardened sophisticate.

The reason for the scaffolding on the tower of Saint Germain-des-Près is that a rich American has purchased it and is having it crated for shipping.

All I have learned about horses is that they are beautiful overrated creatures and are all born quite insane.

We all have our little illusions about our own mental abilities.