Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.

It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

It does not undo harm to acknowledge that we have done it; but it undoes us not to acknowledge it.

Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.

The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.

Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.