I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet.

A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.

Act first! The ideas will follow, and if not - well, it's progress

Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me—I spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.

Since we cannot hope for order, let us withdraw with style from the chaos.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.