Many, many people have done a lot more sexual experimentation than I have.

Whenever I go anywhere but Italy for a vacation, I always feel vaguely disappointed, as if I have made a mistake.

A man assumes that a woman's refusal is just part of a game. Or, at any rate, a lot of men assume that. When a man says no, it's no. When a woman says no, it's yes, or at least maybe. There is even a joke to that effect. And little by little, women begin to believe in this view of themselves.

A baby's mother also needs a mother.

Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?

I think we’re [men and women] more similar. In that we all deal with our fantasy lives and sometimes are disappointed by reality.

Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else.