The weasel under the cocktail cabinet.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.

She flooded my thoughts. I drowned in peace.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

Anger as soon as fed is dead - Tis starving makes it fat.

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

Don't wait for your break, make your break. Go make it happen for yourself.

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

The only thing better than succeeding is watching people you know fail.

Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.

In the world of 'Tim and Eric,' everything is big and ridiculous and absurd.