Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either.

The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.

The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty.

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.

Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.