There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.

Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.

Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.

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.

The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.