Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century France and England, or 20th-century Russia and America.

Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.

failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.