Of all the old maid's blessing, the greatest is carte blanche. Spinsterhood is powerful; once a woman is called "that crazy old maid" she can get away with anything.

I do believe in reincarnation, but I do not believe there is life before noon.

Randian heroes come off as metaphors for Jews because they are beset by irrational forces that try to bar them from the professions and use their virtues against them to bring about their destruction.

A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt.

America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home.

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

I don't mind being regarded as perverted and unnatural, but I would die if people thought I was a Democrat.