Actors! The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn't death! You scream and choke and sink to your knees but it doesn't bring death home to anyone- it doesn't catch them unawares and start the whisper in their skulls that says- 'One day you are going to die.

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I've dodged, not just bullets, but 6mm shells.

I love love. I love having a lover and being one. The insularity of passion. I love it. I love the way it blurs the distinction between everyone who isn't one's lover.

Since we cannot hope for order, let us withdraw with style from the chaos.

People think there's a choice between smoking and immortality, but we've all got to die of something.