Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives.

Keep your lies short and simple.

Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.

Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation.

The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.