As Carrie Fisher once said in a film, everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humour.

When you lose your mind you may as well forget it.

To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine.

An apology for the Devil - it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

Friends have a way of speaking without words.

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

So what are you planning to do with the rest of your life? Develop a drinking problem. More Scotch, please.

When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative thinking skills.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.

You see often it's not ideas, it's inertia, it's bureaucratism, it's all the other things that sometimes come in the way of a good idea.