"The new fans of Japan won’t be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy."

“Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.”

“My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.”

“You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply.”

“She whispered, 'C'etait la Verite?' Was that Verity? Or perhaps she just meant, Was that the truth? Was it true? Did any of it really happen? Were the last three hours real? 'Yes,' I whispered back. 'Oui. C'etait la verite.”

“Everything is always going through changes in terms of attitudes or mood.”

“Reservations and cloth napkins are really minor pinnacles in the high sierra of the New York lunch. The zenith, the Mount Whitney of lunches, the noon meal at which all local lines of force converge [is] the Bar Room of the Four Seasons.”

“I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want.”

“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”