Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life.

Most good essays are conversations with yourself - not just your decided thoughts but your dilemmas.

For most of my life, I have wanted broad impact but now, at 72, I'm not so sure that's always my first priority.

... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I no longer felt sure, but of the dignity of its intransigence I was convinced.

I've had an enduring appreciation of psychology.

Indeed, at times it's best to shut up.

Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life.