David Kepesh: When you make love to a woman you get revenge for all the things that defeated you in life.

David Kepesh: I think it was Betty Davis who said old age is not for sissies. But it was Tolstoy who said the biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age. Old age sneaks up on you, and the next thing you know you’re asking yourself, I’m asking myself, why can’t an old man act his real age? How is it possible for me to still be involved in the carnal aspects of the human comedy? Because, in my head, nothing has changed.

George O’Hearn: Beautiful women are invisible. David Kepesh: Invisible? What the hell does that mean? Invisible? They jump out at you. A beautiful woman, she stands out. She stands apart. You can’t miss her. George O’Hearn: But we never actually see the person. We see the beautiful shell. We’re blocked by the beauty barrier. Yeah, we’re so dazzled by the outside that we never make it inside.

George O’Hearn: Life always keeps back more surprises than we can imagine

Carolyn: I am getting old David. The way men look at me changes every time. When I was at that age I loved women on these dating websites. You are guaranteed a certain number of dates per year. You pay for the silence and the same conversations every time.

David Kepesh (interviewing on radio): You are also making a comment on art and ownership.

Female author: That’s exactly right. The people who buy these paintings they think they own the pictures. But in reality the pictures own them.

David Kepesh: Time passes when you are not looking at it.