What makes women happy? Nothing, for more than ten minutes at a time, so stop worrying.

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.

My experience of men in cars has always been that if you don't want them to do something, they will. It is when they are behind a wheel that they most fear the control of women and children.

I like the dry-cleaners. I like the sense of refreshment and renewal. I like the way dirty old torn clothes are dumped, to be returned clean and wholesome in their slippery transparent cases. Better than confesssion any day. Here there is a true sense of rebirth, redemption, salvation.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

What makes women happy? Nothing, for more than ten minutes at a time, so stop worrying.