There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means.

A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.

I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not being 21. Of course, it's much worse not to be 21. This is a given. But there are things that are worse.

Magazines all too frequently lead to books and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature.

Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.