Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.

[On Edna Ferber's Ice Palace] ... the book, which is going to be a movie, has the plot and characters of a book which is going to be a movie.

It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.

Yes, well, let me tell you that if nobody had ever learned to quote, very few people would be in love with La Rochefoucauld. I bet you I don't know ten souls who read him without a middleman.

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.