Louis Kronenberger

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy.

It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow.