More are weakened than strengthened by their troubles.
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen: even less, the trouble I’ve successfully avoided.
Discontented women dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Discontented men dream of finding a horny blond in the back seat ofa taxi.
Inconsistency has been overpraised by people who do not expect to suffer from it.
I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.
Until I am ready to lose weight, I cannot see how fat I am.
I am forbidden sugar, fat, and alcohol. So hooray, I guess, for oatmeal, lemon juice, and chicken soup.
My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
The neuroses parody the virtues.
A neurotic can neither enjoy his illusions nor give them up.
Boredom is the only sure cure for neurosis.
The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.
The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.
Age: I go slower as time goes faster.
The closeups of pornography make human genitals look like undiscovered prehistoric animals.
Like an electric tea-kettle, pornography comes to a boil very fast.
Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it.
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.
A successful restaurant makes everything in it, including the patrons, seem a little better than they are.