The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
Robert BenchleyA man may take care of a furnace for twenty-five years and still forget to duck his head when he starts going down the cellar stairs.
Robert BenchleyNothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.
Robert BenchleyFor most visitors to Manhattan, both foreign and domestic, New York is the Shrine of the Good Time. "I don't see how you stand it," they often say to the native New Yorker who has been sitting up past his bedtime for a week in an attempt to tire his guest out. "It's all right for a week or so, but give me the little old home town when it comes to living." And, under his breath, the New Yorker endorses the transfer and wonders himself how he stands it.
Robert Benchley