I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks.

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I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone...

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone...

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it...

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it...

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious...

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious...

I know how deeply slothful I am.

I know how deeply slothful I am.

I think the story is my form.

I think the story is my form.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat...

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat...

My wife who is non-Jewish regrets it all the time that I can say these...

My wife who is non-Jewish regrets it all the time that I can say these...

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind...

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind...

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send...

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send...

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out...

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out...

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

I am married to someone I love.

I am married to someone I love.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or...

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or...

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through...

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through...

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.