“How ludicrous were all attempts at defining the self”
“Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.”
“Of course it's almost ludicrously difficult to talk about art. And about beauty. Beauty is a perversion--how can you retain your self-respect when you talk about it?”
“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for worms.”
“Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a ranter.”
“Would that I were still a ludicrous character in his lousy book!”