Gertrude Stein did us the most harm when she said, 'You're all a lost generation.' That got around to certain people and we all said, 'Whee! We're lost.

People are more than fun than anybody.

My first love was Cinderella, but she ran off with another man.

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back on. I can't imagine how I did it. When I got away from it I couldn't even refer to the place by name. ''Out there,'' I called it.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

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

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.