People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.

Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.

The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.

We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.

Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.

Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.