If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

People say, "Well, you went on television, it enlarged your readership." It did not at all, not at all. I might as well tell you, I lost some readership, because the profound audience felt somehow bothered by my too easy manner.