people with romantic illusions find it hard to make a living.

I have always noticed that people only think you are stupid if you do things differently from them.

But druggies don't keep their looks any longer than they keep their promises.

Talent on its own sat gracefully only on the very young. After a certain age it was what you did with it that counted.

That was the trouble with lies: it was very important to remember them accurately when, generally, they were the things you most wanted to forget.

people with romantic illusions find it hard to make a living.