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

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in these madly passionate times, but madly passionate people rarely make good on their madly passionate promises.

What is privacy if not for invading?

I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow.

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?

America believes in freedom. The English don't believe in it. They don't believe in happiness.

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.