I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester.

I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester.

We old roosters must be cautious. Don't try to outwit your arteries.

If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money.

The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer becomes a pariah in Hollywood. He is shunned by his friends, thrown into bankruptcy, and like a Japanese electing hara-kiri, he commits suttee.

Nature, it appears, has been rather more bountiful to Paul's body and purse than to his intellect; above the ears, speaking bluntly, the boy is strictly tapioca.