The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man - say a Tennessee Holy Roller - is really very small.

The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you imagine a Beethoven making $100, 000 a year?

I'm thoroughly convinced that editors don't help authors.

There are two impossibilities in life: "just one drink" and "an honest politician."

The chief knowledge that's man on from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

Some immemorial imbecilities have been added deliberately, on the ground that it is just as interesting to note how foolish men have been as to note how wise they have been.

The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.