There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

A man who is careful with his palate is not likely to be careless with his paragraphs.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly

If you want to feel at home, stay home.