We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us.

Music is a savage art, a measured madness.

Susan Sontag: What she really wanted, throughout her career, was to grow up to be a Frenchman.

Why must love always be accompanied--sooner or later--by sorrow and pain? Why not? Because pure bliss is for pure idiots.

The rich are not very nice. That's why they're rich.

All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love -- and most of all, an audience!

All living things on earth are kindred.