A babble of words that no one understands now fills the airwaves, and language loses all meaning as we sink slowly, mindlessly, into herstory rather than history because most rapists are men, aren't they?

To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder.

People have forgotten the effects of prohibition. We have become the United Statesof Amnesia.

The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes.

I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense of survival - so highly developed in the individual - goes berserk in the mass. A crowd is a fool.

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

I like Italy. I was always at home there, it's a marvelous place to become invisible. Nobody bothers you and nobody is interested in you and I find that very good for work.