Falling in love with another man is like falling into a vast vat of yourself. For some men this is ultimately nourishing, for others . . . it is drowning.

Realize that the banality around us that passes as "hipness" or "mass culture" is as satisfying as "mass food"-only it comes in much more unappetizing portions.

The lowest form of barbarism is smugly to berate someone for extending an act of kindness.

Perhaps success should not mean that you have nothing to say to anyone, no time for anybody, and not a moment left in your calendar for someone whom you might suddenly realize you love.

Fashion is the art of making the unimportant indispensable.

The most beautiful man in the world says everything with his eyes, and the rest with his hands and mouth.

Try to dwell on the people you'd like to love, instead of all the people you do loathe.