Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.

Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them.

An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work.

Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.

How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband.