Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the world is round.

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.

There is nothing as dull as an intellectual ally after a certain age.

H.L.Mencken's war aims, according to the handful of observers who deigned to notice his conflict, were the overthrow of American Democracy, the Christian religion, and the YMCA. He was also credited with trying to wipe out poets and luncheon orators.

Of the things men give each other the greatest is loyalty.

Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different.