Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head.

Love is the magician that pulls him out of his own hat.

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

In Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.

That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.

Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head.

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.