Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it.

People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

The press may hate me, and I know my battles with them are not over, but that doesn't matter.

Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of minor interest. Thus it is possible to imagine a depressed lover, while the idea of a depressed patriot seems frankly inconceivable.