Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning around the house in clothes that belonged to my mother and my grandmother which I'd found in an attic, saying, "I am a beautiful princess!" What my parents thought of this, I don't know. But they bore it. And the real problem was not my sin, but my unemployability.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.

I don't believe in convention at all. I do what I have to do to stay alive.

Did you know that Allah promises you a seat in Paradise if you kill a Christian?