Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.

If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe.

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like.