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

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.

Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

I had always liked blind dates. If nothing else, it was an interesting way of discovering what people thought of you.

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

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.

The fact that I’m silent doesn’t mean I have nothing to say.