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

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world.

My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees.

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

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.

Misanthropes have some admirable if paradoxical virtues. It is no exaggeration to say that we are among the nicest people you are likely to meet. Because good manners build sturdy walls, our distaste for intimacy makes us exceedingly cordial "ships that pass in the night." As long as you remain a stranger we will be your friend forever.