“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”

“When you doubt, abstain.”

“It’s a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.”

“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”

“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.”

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.”