To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it.

The trouble with European cities is that they are drenched in their history, almost all of which is terrible.

I don't know how people act. I've never understood that.

Europeans have quarrelled since the beginning of time.

Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making.

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?