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

Quote by Joseph Epstein

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

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

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when,...

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have...

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have...

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 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...

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...

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which...

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which...

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I am married to someone I love.

I am married to someone I love.

I think the story is my form.

I think the story is my form.

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...

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

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

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...