[On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to take home.

Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything.

Principles are sometimes an unaffordable luxury.

Enigmatic - the quality of keeping silent and making people wonder if one is stupid rather than opening one's mouth and removing all doubt.

You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help

If death is inevitable, one should try to die well.

Life is a good deal more comfortable if one doesn't expect it to be fair.