Intolerance of mediocrity has been the main prop of my independence.

The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.

Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.

What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

Someone has said that life itself is a party: you join after it's started and you leave before it's finished.

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

To get fifty people to a cocktail party in New York, you ask one hundred. In Hollywood, you invite twenty.