Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.

Joe and Jojo and I had lovely day together. I love Joe so much - more and more.

The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world.

I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do.

There is something more annoying than pleasant in finding neighbors from back home chiselling in on your own exclusive New York. It mitigates your triumph in having conquered the great city and brings home the ungratifying truth that anyone can do it.

I cannot exist without the oxygen of laughter.