In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

I think the story is my form.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.

I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said, 'You are what you eat,' but if you happen to be an intellectual, you are what you quote.