To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.

The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.

Privacy is like sleep - something you don't appreciate until you have to go without it.

The experiences of the heartless are so limited. It is hate that is blind. Love may miss a flaw here and there, but hate misses beauty everywhere.

Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says?

most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world where everyone is a smart, quick-witted, aggressive person living on the surface of the mind without ever looking into the depths.