Christianity is such a silly religion.

...you will do more harm than good by attempting to supplant old dogmas and customs with new dogmas. It will be the same in the end except that the old is less militant, less dangerous than a new order imposed by enthusiasts.

The true confessors have been aware that not only is life mostly failure, but that in one's failure or pettiness or wrongness exists the living drama of the self.

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

I'm a much worse guest than I am a host, and I'm not an awfully good host either. I really like being alone.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.