My brother said that at Eton, students were told caning builds character. I suppose girls are caned less because we aren't thought to have much character." "Which is the sort of thing males say when they don't know any women.

Principles are sometimes an unaffordable luxury.

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

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

Competence is a great creator of confidence.

[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.

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