That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires - smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge - are basically solitary pursuits.

Frenchman: Germans with good food.

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.

I've always been old at heart.

The downfall of most diets is that they restrict your intake of food.

There is nothing more mine than my writing, nothing I'm more proprietary about.

Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.