I find it [science] analytical, pretentious and superficial-largely because it does not address itself to dreams, chance, laughter, feelings, or paradox-in other words,-all the things I love the most.

The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers.

Mystery is the basic element of all works of art.

I'm still an atheist, thank God.

I am an atheist, thanks be to God.