Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much

the social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation

Sex is a conversation carried out by other means. If you get on well out of bed, half the problems of bed are solved

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find

There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it virtually impossible to convince anyone of his credentials despite the fact that the vast evangelical machine on American television is predicated on His imminent return among us sinners

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of