“There seemed to be no one in a position of power, from the Vatican to Wall Street, from Parliament to Scotland Yard to Fleet Street, who could think of anything better to do than abuse it....”

“The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much relevance. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.”

“An editor sleeping with his writer was not as bad as a psychoanalyst sleeping with his patient, or even a professor sleeping with an undergraduate, let alone a president with an intern.”

“If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.”

“The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance’. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.”