"Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference."

"The human race is a wonderful race. It's only the individuals who are terrible."

"I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician."

"In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and unpoetic. The circumstances that lead up to sex I find more interesting."

"I don't believe in happy endings. I believe in realistic endings."