What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.

If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.

Hollywood is one place in the world where you can die of encouragement.

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.

The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.

Said of her husband on the day their divorce became final: Oh, don't worry about Alan. . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet.