The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.

Life writes the poetry, but it will always call for witnesses and scribes alike to tattoo its echoes upon the ghosts of trees.

My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

All great music is in one way or another psychedelic.

If you have your health and the ability to do what you love to do then I think we are all blessed and so keeping a light heart is really important.

The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

It's hard for me to pry with people I know.

I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever.

The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.