A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.
Robert BenchleyGreat literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.
Robert BenchleyMost of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.
Robert BenchleyThere is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist.
Robert BenchleyWhat is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a party--any party at all--until it is all over and the lightsare being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and I'll miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.
Robert Benchley