[Boris]Johnson, [Nigel] Farage, they are retro-nationalists, not patriots. Patriots don't abandon ship when the going gets tough. They stay on board.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am for secret, dark debates.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

Every married couple has disputes from time to time, and in every good marriage, an attempt is made to overcome the dispute.

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

I prefer to think of the audience as a single living organism with which I am sharing a singular, never-to-be-repeated experience.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe She had so many children Her government subsidy check came to $4,892.

I can still dance a little, yes, but I like singing better. It's more fun.

The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way more open and enriched.

People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.