That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting out 'Where else is this possible?' Which doesn't seem to me to be freedom, really.

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.