Out of date, perhaps, but who wasn't these days? Out of date, but loyal to his own time. At a certain moment, after all, every man chooses: will he go forward, will he go back? There was nothing dishounorable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of one's own generation.

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.

Elections are a Western jerk-off.

In the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery.

I move my lips when I read -- I'm painfully slow -- so I like really good English.

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.

There was nothing dishonourable in not being blown about by every little modern wind. Better to have worth, to entrench, to be an oak of one's own generation.