I thought of inviting you to my other club but you know how it is. Lunching there is a useful way of reminding people that you're still alive, but the members will come up and congratulate you on the fact.

Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead.

The greatest mystery of all is the human heart.

There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.

Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?