All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
Humility is attentive patience.
People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.
An idea is salvation by imagination
Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
To find a man's true character, play golf with him.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.
I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
