God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.
Thank God I'm an atheist.
The bar... is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable-and, contrary to modern mores, no music of any kind, no matter how faint. In sum, there should be no more than a dozen tables, and a client that doesn't like to talk.
Mystery is the essential element of every work of art.
I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.