Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.

I don't believe the writer should know too much where he's going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprint—old man propaganda.

The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

I love the idea of there being two sexes, don't you?

The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.

Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.