"I will take his secret to the grave, telling people along the way. Betrayal is no sin if it is whimsical."

"Bennett seems to be showing alarming signs of irony. I have always found that irony among the lower orders is the fir…"

"Buddy Holly was twenty-two. Think of what he might have gone on to achieve. I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a…"

"It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable … it's better to be quotable than honest."

"Most of the propositions I’m interested in have been kidnapped and dressed up by academic philosophy, but they are in…"

"I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself."

"I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon."

"Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering; the capacity for self-indulgence changes hands."

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

"My life is marked by long silences."