Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.

Anyone telling about his travels must be a liar, . . . for if a traveler doesn't visit his narrative with the spirit and techniques of fiction, no one will want to hear it.

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence.

I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals.

Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon.

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.