I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself.

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

Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.