Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

There are these two kinds of patriotism. There's blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. And then there's the patriotism that says I live in a democracy and it's very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse.

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war.

There are four stages to marriage. First there's the affair, then there's the marriage, then children, and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce.

So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost.

The true religion of America has always been America.

Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San Francisco is a lady