That's the one thing a politician mustn't have - political opinions or principles. He can have prejudices - indeed he must have prejudices and share all the popular political superstitions of the moment as ardently as he can. But he must not have principles. He must never let the people suspect that they cannot eat their cake and have it. He must promise them a defense program and a higher standard of living. He must never use that dreadful little word or.

Falling in love is like religious conversion. It goes on for a long time below the threshold before it reaches consciousness.

fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator.

A critic is a person who rationalizes his likes and dislikes in such impressive language that the layman thinks he is reasoning instead of rationalizing.

Money is an acquired taste. But, once acquired, it becomes an addiction.

... law is a substitute for love.

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