Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

It's funny how a person can be right all the time and still be wrong.

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

- Aló, ¿con la Casa de la Cultura?- Sí conchetumadre.

I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.

If heaven was hot and hell was chilly, tell me, why would you go to heaven?

Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.

and their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event

Tremendous beauty and tremendous ugliness puts you on the outside of things.

The worst mistake a writer can make is to assume everyone has an imagination.

Værsåartig, her var nu litt om bær, vore bærsorter...

Do not pollute my perfectly acceptable figurative speech with irrelevant facts!

Her beauty was a weapon. A loaded gun, with the barrel pointed at her own head.

monotony kills the heart. Ironically, monotony is what keeps the heart working.