Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.

Cats are only human, they have their faults.

I was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Being American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European.

Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means ... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.