Many a housewife staring at the back of her husband's newspaper, or listening to his breathing in bed is lonelier than any spinster in a rented room.

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men.

Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it.

I believe in permanent revolution.

Bringing up children is not a real occupation, because children come up just the same, brought or not.

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.