A living is made, Mr Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year.Yes, sir! And a million ismade by producing something that everybody needs every day.You artists produce something that nobody needs at any time.

I was an old man when I was 12; and now I am an old man, AND IT'S SPLENDID!

I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you didn’t quite see the street you were in, and didn’t quite hear everything that was said to you. You’re just a little bit crazy. Will you remember that, please?

Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good