Karl Kraus

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I'm always embarrassed by those rugby player autobiographies which get written by journalists.