Joseph Epstein

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section.

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

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.