This is the theory… that anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.

What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.

God knows, there's enough to worry about without worrying about worrying about things.

Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.

My favorite journey is looking out the window.

If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point.

The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.