Far more disturbing than any spook house at an amusement park is a ride through the old hometown if you've been away for years.

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated.

Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.

The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.

Lying is too much trouble. You have to make sure to taste each word before letting it off your tongue. I hate that. It's hard enough making people understand without lying.

Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop screaming.