She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a woman.

I'm not a great deep political thinker.

'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?

Little girls are like old cats. If they don't like you nothing on Earth will make them pretend to.

As long as you can Houdini your way out of the Sisyphean constraints then originality happens.

Men invented money Women invented mutual aid

Italians give their city sexes, and they all agree that the sex for a particular city is quite correct, but none of them can explain why. I love that. London's middle-aged and male, respectably married but secretly gay.