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

Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty.

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

The trouble with women is men; the trouble with men, men.