The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

I am asked how to remain young, and I say 'Never, never work.' And that, of course, is the secret of it.

Fear and hatred do not seem to find expression in tears.

Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan.

If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.

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

I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.