Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.

It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others.... People who have good jobs are happy, rich, and well dressed. People who have bad jobs are unhappy, poor and use meat extenders. Those who seek dignity in the type of work that compels them to help hamburgers are certain to be disappointed.

The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.

I believe in talking behind peoples' backs. That way, they hear it more than once.

Communists all seem to wear small caps, a look I consider better suited to tubes of toothpaste than to people.

I walk a lot in New York, not for the exercise but to get from place to place, and because it's the way of having the least contact with human beings.

Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of art is that life imitates it.