Schoolteachers seemed determined to persuade me that 'classic' is a synonym for 'narcotic'.

People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.

Serious journalism need not be solemn.

The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

Skinny women don't enjoy being told they're skinny nowadays. They enjoy telling you how they got that way, as though starvation were an achievement.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.