"The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a local, perverted, nationalistic cult, by which a few major artists and many minor ones were honored for their Germanness, not their talent."

“I feel it's so easy to condemn this country ; but they don't understand that this is where the mistakes are being made — and made first, so that we're going to get the answers first.”

“I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.”

“I often feel that worse than the most fiendish Nazis were those Germans who went along with the persecution of the Jews not because they really disliked them but because it was the thing.”

“Isherwood Exhibit at the Huntington”

“It seems to me that the real clue to your sex orientation lies in your romantic feelings rather than in your sexual feelings. If you are really gay, you are able to fall in love with a man, not just enjoy having sex with him.”

“Huxley on Huxley. DVD recording.”