Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition.

Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.

Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.

curiosity is the beginning of wisdom.

No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.

You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.