All America is much the same.

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

Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who...have already accepted as inevitable the wide gulf between their real futures and the expectations of their fantasies.

To lose is not always failure.

One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the language before entering. Before I ever set out for the United States, I asked a friend if I should study American. His answer was unequivocal. "On no account," he said. "The more English you sound, the more likely you are to be believed."

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

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.