The present age is demented. It is possessed by a sense of dislocation, a loss of personal identity, an alternating sentimentality and rage which, in an individual patient, could be characterized as dementia.

If I had the choice of knowing the truth or searching for the truth, I'd take the search.

Joy and sadness come by turns.

But there is much to be said for giving up ... grand ambitions and living the most ordinary life imaginable.

I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?

You can get all A's and still flunk life.

The fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives.