It is not wise to solicit the opinions of publishers—they become proud if you do.

It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later.

It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.

It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man.

It's easy to sustain a relationship when sex plays no part, and impossible, I have observed, when it does.

Love, like a sense of humor, is now claimed by everyone even though Love, like a sense of humor, is rather more rare than not, and to most of us poor muddlers unbearable at full strength.

Many human beings enjoy sexual relations with their own sex; many don’t; many respond to both.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Next to “I win,” “I told you so” are the sweetest words.