“Ecstasy! In common parlance ecstasy is fun. But ecstasy is not fun. Your very soul is seized and shaken until it tingles. After all, who will choose to feel undiluted awe? The unknowing vulgar abuse the word; we must recapture its full and terrifying sense.”

“The baby boom produced a fresh batch of American youngsters -- teenagers they were called -- and they were suddenly coming of age. But until Roman Holiday, it was hard for them to see themselves in the movies. What Audrey offered -- namely to the girls -- was a glimpse of someone who lived by her own code of interests, not her mother's, and who did so with a wholesome independence of spirit.”

“Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing of ecstasy at all.”

“Anyone who has not experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.”

“If I were to choose between the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten, I would choose the ecstasy. It is better poetry.”

“Writing what you know" is about as much fun as having an affair with your spouse.”

“Being dead is highly overrated. It’s no fun at all." -- Mythe: A Fairy Tale”