We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing.

Any society's upper-crust is riddled with immorality, how else d'you think they keep their power? Reputation is king of the public sphere, not private. It is dethroned by public acts.

Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon.

I still haven't quite got used to eating live fish.

Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right.

What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.